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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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Bee Sp. Unknown - Hylaeus - female
Copyright © 2005 Ann C. Pettigrew

Bee Sp. Unknown - Hylaeus - Female
York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 26, 2005
Size: approximately 1 cm
This was a small bee as you might be able to tell from the leaf surface that he is on. If I remember correctly he was on a multiflora rose or similar plant. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it.
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Contributed by Ann C. Pettigrew on 30 August, 2005 - 8:27pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 8:26pm

Finally!
For almost two hours I have been searching for this. One of these came in today, and well, thinking it was a flying ant, I quickly took it into a piece of tissue paper. Luckily I didn't kill it just yet. Because of it's scent.
Which leads to a question, do these wasps smell like lemon? Because the one I got sure does, however no matter how long I kept searching, I couldn't find anything that looked the same and had the smell.
But this one is just like it! The antennas look the same, so does the yellow markings (which is why I was so keen to finding what it is).
… Maria Wikman, 7 July, 2013 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee
I do not recall it having a scent but I did't handle it either. Perhaps they do give off a scent like stinkbugs do when they are picked up. Glad you were able to find what you were looking for!
… Ann C. Pettigrew, 14 July, 2013 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Yellow-masked Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 19 November, 2009 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

My guess is
it's a beewolf of some kind...see Guide Pages. You might want to wait and see what Eric thinks.
… Lynette Elliott, 31 August, 2005 - 6:02am login or register to post comments

 
Wrong.
This is a female yellowfaced bee in the genus Hylaeus. Lynette can be forgiven, as the genus resembles wasps much more than bees:-) Male specimens of Hylaeus usually have at least the bottom half of the face entirely yellow, hence the common name. They are solitary, each female nesting in a burrow, or pre-existing cavity in wood, or in hollow plant stems.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 August, 2005 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Yellow-faced Bee
Thanks for your help, Eric. I appreciate it.
… Ann C. Pettigrew, 31 August, 2005 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
beewolf
Thanks, Lynette. That is one that I have not heard of before which is why I love this website! Thanks again, Ann.
… Ann C. Pettigrew, 31 August, 2005 - 11:52am login or register to post comments

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