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Yellow-faced Bee? 2 - Perdita wyomingensis - male - female
Copyright © 2016 Joy Markgraf

Yellow-faced Bee? 2 - Perdita wyomingensis - Male Female
Husum, Klickitat County, Washington, USA
June 19, 2015
These bees were found on Common Yarrow on the edge of a wetland meadow at a wetland/prairie remnant. Thanks for sharing your expertise!

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Yellow-faced Bee? 2 - Perdita wyomingensis - male - female Yellow-faced Bee? 1 - Perdita wyomingensis - male - female
Contributed by Joy Markgraf on 5 January, 2016 - 10:34am
Last updated 15 October, 2021 - 12:10pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Pygoperdita.
… Nathaniel Green, 15 October, 2021 - 12:06pm

Moved
Moved from Perdita.
… John S. Ascher, 28 August, 2016 - 10:28pm

Subgenus Pygoperdita
.
… Zach Portman, 19 January, 2016 - 6:01pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 5 January, 2016 - 6:42pm

Mining Bees - dark, striped & glossy
The heavily truncated marginal cell indicates that they may be something very close to this:
Genus = Perdita: ♀ Check out these legs: ♀ Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 5 January, 2016 - 6:37pm

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