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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) » Cellophane bees (Colletes)
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Bee on Honey Mesquite - Colletes - female
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Monroe

Bee on Honey Mesquite - Colletes - Female
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
April 29, 2008
Size: Body length about 11 mm
This bee was on Honey Mesquite at Upper Tubb Canyon, elevation about 2000'. The wing venation is not adequate. I'm not familiar with this face and clypeus. Thanks in advance for any help with this bee.

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Bee on Honey Mesquite - Colletes - female Bee on Honey Mesquite - Colletes
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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 15 August, 2009 - 8:30am
Last updated 28 June, 2012 - 11:00pm

Moved
Moved from resembling Colletes louisae.
… John S. Ascher, 28 June, 2012 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cellophane bees.
… John S. Ascher, 10 December, 2009 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
Female, it is always a good idea to add that information when you have it. I did it for you this time.
… Beatriz Moisset, 19 September, 2009 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Colletes
female
… John S. Ascher, 15 August, 2009 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Colletes
Thanks so much, Dr. Ascher. The face looked heart-shaped to me. This Colletes looks very similar to a Colletes you identified for me previously that was also on Honey Mesquite, #283189. I have tried to compare to see if they are the same species, though taken at different places. Is it possible to tell?
… Lynn Monroe, 16 August, 2009 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
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