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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) » Masked Bees (Hylaeus) » Subgenus Prosopis (Hylaeus Subgenus Prosopis)
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Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus - male
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Yellow-faced Bee - Hylaeus - Male
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 22, 2005
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Contributed by tom murray on 24 August, 2005 - 7:11pm
Last updated 21 April, 2008 - 10:00pm

Moved
Moved from Yellow-masked Bees.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 21 April, 2008 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hylaeus modestus.
… tom murray, 29 September, 2006 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Hylaeus affinis OR modestus
so why under modestus on the species page?
… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2006 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Hylaeus.
… tom murray, 23 September, 2006 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Hylaeus modestus
Looks like male Hylaeus modestus
… Adalbert Goertz, 21 September, 2005 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
it does; but I'm not sure we can rule out H. affinis. Unfortunately, we do not have clear views of either the anterior of the scape or of the face markings above. So perhaps it is safest ID it as H. modestus or affinis?
… John S. Ascher, 22 September, 2006 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

Male Hylaeus.
Might be the companion to the female:-) Very nice shot.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 August, 2005 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric
So the amount of yellow in the face is how to tell the difference between male and female in these bees.
… tom murray, 25 August, 2005 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

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