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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) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Squash Bees (Peponapis) » Pruinose Squash Bee (Peponapis pruinosa)
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Is this Colletes? - Peponapis pruinosa - male
Copyright © 2009 Diane Wilson

Is this Colletes? - Peponapis pruinosa - Male
Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
July 28, 2009
Size: abt 12 mm.

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Is this Colletes? - Peponapis pruinosa - male Is this Colletes? - Peponapis pruinosa - male Is this Colletes? - Peponapis pruinosa Is this Colletes? - Peponapis pruinosa
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Contributed by Diane Wilson on 28 July, 2009 - 8:10pm
Last updated 30 July, 2009 - 12:06pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 July, 2009 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

Eucerini male
probably Peponapis pruinosa
… John S. Ascher, 28 July, 2009 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Other flowers
So, Peponapis pruinosa visits other flowers, not just squashes? Is this a male?
… Beatriz Moisset, 28 July, 2009 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
male (and female) bees visit many flowers for nectar
in addition to the pollen source(s) of females
… John S. Ascher, 29 July, 2009 - 10:44am login or register to post comments

 
Maybe it's desperate!
I run a 1/3 acre test gardens for a flower seed company. We have a large diversity of flowers and bees in the gardens. We had a major hail storm on July 20th, and most gardens were wiped out. Perhaps this bee is in a desperate situation and cannot find the flowers it normally frequents. Most of Arvada was hit hard in this hail storm, and there are very few flowers around to visit. What do you think?
… Diane Wilson, 28 July, 2009 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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