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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 » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Mining Bees (Andreninae) » Andrena
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Halictidae - Andrena - female
Copyright © 2019 Owen Strickland

Halictidae - Andrena - Female
Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 22, 2019
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Contributed by Owen Strickland on 12 October, 2019 - 11:21am
Last updated 15 October, 2019 - 4:54pm

Moved
Moved from Sweat Bees.

Note, in the large image, (zoomed in) we can see a hint of her facial foveae. (left of her eye in this image) This has a thick layer of light-colored hairs coming out of it.
There are a few species in this genus that have females with no apical hair band on the first abdominal segment. Hold on for an expert.
… Bob Biagi, 15 October, 2019 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 15 October, 2019 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

Female
Could those be pollen grains from a Sunflower? This might be a Mining Bee.
… Bob Biagi, 12 October, 2019 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

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