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Mystery bee (andrenidae?) on a checkerbloom flower - Eucera - male
Copyright © 2008 amyanonymous

Mystery bee (andrenidae?) on a checkerbloom flower - Eucera - Male
Livermore, Alameda County, California, USA
April 1, 2007
Size: approx 1.5 cm
I would love to know what this is! I often find them in early spring, hunkered down in mallow flowers. Some people have said Alkali Bee or something in the family andrenidae.
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Contributed by amyanonymous on 3 April, 2008 - 9:29pm
Last updated 20 May, 2011 - 6:52am

Eucera (Synhalonia)
male
… John S. Ascher, 3 April, 2008 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Long-horned Bees?
Look at the size of those horns! :) Looks like a male Eucerini and that is as far as I go.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 3 April, 2008 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

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