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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) » Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees (Anthidiini) » Stelis » Subgenus Dolichostelis (Stelis Subgenus Dolichostelis) » Stelis laticincta
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Stelis laticincta? - Stelis laticincta
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Stelis laticincta? - Stelis laticincta
Off Angeles Crest Highway, ~5000 ft, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 24, 2007
Size: ≤9 mm
Nectaring in Eriogonum fasciculatum .
Please also see these posts: 1 , 2 , 3 .

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 9 July, 2007 - 8:17pm
Last updated 10 July, 2007 - 1:26pm

yes
your ID is correct

this is in the subgenus (or genus) Dolichostelis

the host is a Megachile (Chelostomoides), likely M. angelarum
… John S. Ascher, 10 July, 2007 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John -
also for mentioning the likely host.
… Hartmut Wisch, 10 July, 2007 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
These are not common insects! Great find, superb images.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 July, 2007 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric -
Glad to find them again, after seeing one last year in early August.
… Hartmut Wisch, 10 July, 2007 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

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