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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Digger Bees (Anthophorini) » Digger Bees (Anthophora) » Subgenus Mystacanthophora (Anthophora Subgenus Mystacanthophora) » Urbane Digger Bee (Anthophora urbana)
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Large bee in Santa Cruz, California - Anthophora urbana - female
Copyright © 2007 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Large bee in Santa Cruz, California - Anthophora urbana - Female
Santa Cruz, Santa Clara County, California, USA
June 6, 2007
Large solitary bee with blue eyes, black and cream stripes. I am guessing a large male Carpenter Bee, but do not know the species. I did not really get a good picture of the face. I'm curious about the black forward facing projections in the last two pictures.

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 27 June, 2007 - 9:31pm
Last updated 18 May, 2015 - 5:01pm

Anthophora urbana
female
… John S. Ascher, 27 June, 2007 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the info!
Thanks for the info!

I've made a link on the third image in this series to another image of an Anthophora urbana that look pretty similar, only that one is designated as a male. Is there an obvious difference?
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 28 June, 2007 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

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