Small bee - Ceratina strenua

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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 » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees (Xylocopinae) » Small Carpenter Bees (Ceratina) » Subgenus Zadontomerus (Ceratina Subgenus Zadontomerus) » Ceratina strenua

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Copyright © 2005 Erik Blosser

Small bee - Ceratina strenua -

Newport News, Virginia, USA
May 22, 2005

Very small bee. I'm guessing some kind of sweat bee. It looks similar to one of the pictures labeled genus Lasioglossum in the guide. Of course, I really don't know what I'm looking for so I could be completely wrong.

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Contributed by Erik Blosser on 1 June, 2005 - 9:58pm
Last updated 12 October, 2006 - 7:22am

Moved

Moved from Small Carpenter Bees.

… Beatriz Moisset, 12 October, 2006 - 7:22am

Ceratina strenua

female

note yellow stripe (not spot) on front tibia

… John S. Ascher, 11 October, 2006 - 9:15pm

Small Carpenter Bee?

The color of the bee and the white mark on the face actually remind me of a small carpenter bee, genus Ceratina. I could be wrong, though.

… Richard Leung, 1 June, 2005 - 11:00pm

Thanks

Thanks both of you for the quick ID and comments about the face mark.

… Erik Blosser, 2 June, 2005 - 3:29pm

Yes, Ceratina.

Thank you, Richard, for the quick ID. Good thing we got a "face" shot, as I was just about ready to label this as a Lasioglossum (family Halictidae), with which they can be very easily confused.

… Eric R. Eaton, 2 June, 2005 - 1:26pm

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