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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Furrow Bees (Halictus) » Subgenus Halictus sensu lato (Halictus Subgenus Halictus sensu lato) » Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus)
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Yellow faced Bee ?? - Halictus ligatus - male
Copyright © 2007 Beth Sands

Yellow faced Bee ?? - Halictus ligatus - Male
Livermore / Sycamore grove park, Alameda County, California, USA
September 22, 2007
Size: 1 cm
I found this soggy fellow on a rainy day lounging on a wild Sunflower with many of his kind . I saw the yellow spot on his nose , which I had never seen before , and thought maybe he is a yellow faced Bee ? It kind of looks like the post from Canada , but they think it is a Wasp . Thanks for any comments , Beth

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Yellow faced Bee ?? - Halictus ligatus - male Yellow faced Bee ?? - Halictus ligatus - male
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Contributed by Beth Sands on 23 September, 2007 - 2:54pm
Last updated 19 February, 2014 - 10:07am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Halictus sensu lato.
… John S. Ascher, 19 February, 2014 - 10:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Halictus.
… John S. Ascher, 20 December, 2009 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

Doesn't appear to be a yellow-masked bee
The ones I've seen have the facial yellow in a different place and some yellow on the thorax. However, the legs didn't have yellow.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 September, 2007 - 11:59am login or register to post comments

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