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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 » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Melanosmia (Osmia Subgenus Melanosmia) » Bufflehead Mason Bee (Osmia bucephala)
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Bufflehead mason bee? - Osmia bucephala - female
Copyright © 2016 Jatai

Bufflehead mason bee? - Osmia bucephala - Female
Pocantico Hills, Westchester County, New York, USA
June 2, 2016
Size: 1/2"-3/5" est.
Is this a female Osmia bucephala? Feeding on baptisia.

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Bufflehead mason bee? - Osmia bucephala - female Bufflehead mason bee? - Osmia bucephala - female Bufflehead mason bee? - Osmia bucephala - female Bufflehead mason bee? - Osmia bucephala - female Bufflehead mason bee? - Osmia bucephala - female
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Contributed by Jatai on 4 June, 2016 - 7:55am
Last updated 4 June, 2016 - 8:06pm

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Bufflehead Mason Bee
Thanks for the fast ID!
… Jatai, 5 June, 2016 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Osmia bucephala
female, nice pics!
… Jason Gibbs, 4 June, 2016 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Bufflehead Mason Bee
Thanks for the feedback!
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