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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 » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Cellophane bees (Colletes)
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fuzzy gray bee - Colletes
Copyright © 2020 Larry Reis

fuzzy gray bee - Colletes
Ludwig Prairie Preserve, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 17, 2019
Size: ~9 mm
I'm not sure about this bee. At first I thought maybe a male Andrena wilkella, but the strong abdominal banding doesn't seem to fit with other A. wilkella bees I've found, though I think they were all females. I hope the photos can help determine what it really is.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 15 March, 2020 - 7:52am
Last updated 18 March, 2020 - 7:47am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 18 March, 2020 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

 
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Thanks for identifying this bee as a cellophane bee, John!I have not found any cellophane bees in the summer that were this pale gray color before, so it is nice to get this one in my Colletes photos.
… Larry Reis, 18 March, 2020 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

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