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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 » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Osmia (Osmia Subgenus Osmia) » Blueberry Mason Bee (Osmia ribifloris) » Osmia ribifloris biedermannii
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Blueberry Bee - Osmia ribifloris - male
Copyright © 2009 Dave Beaudette

Blueberry Bee - Osmia ribifloris - Male
Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
January 17, 2009
First of three individuals photographed. They were coming to flowers at a Point Leaf Manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens. Dozens of these bees were present. Lower oak zone. The flowers have holes in them, not sure what made them.

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Blueberry Bee - Osmia ribifloris - male Blueberry Bee - Osmia ribifloris
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Contributed by Dave Beaudette on 23 January, 2009 - 10:28am
Last updated 16 August, 2010 - 8:18am

Moved
Moved from Osmia ribifloris.
… John S. Ascher, 20 February, 2010 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mason Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 18 November, 2009 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

Osmia ribifloris
male
… John S. Ascher, 18 November, 2009 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Wonderful
to be able to get to species on this one. I can hardly wait for the manzanita to start blooming...should begin in December. Thanks, John.
… Dave Beaudette, 18 November, 2009 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

Flower holes
Maybe nectar-robbing holes of a short-tongued bumblebee? I'm not sure if the holes are placed quite right for getting at the nectaries, but maybe.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 January, 2009 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Appreciate
your comments, Charley.
… Dave Beaudette, 27 January, 2009 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

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