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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) » Digger Bees (Anthophorini) » Digger Bees (Anthophora) » Subgenus Mystacanthophora (Anthophora Subgenus Mystacanthophora) » Urbane Digger Bee (Anthophora urbana)
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Bee - Anthophora urbana - female
Copyright © 2009 Nick Richter

Bee - Anthophora urbana - Female
Riley Wilderness Park, Orange County, California, USA
August 16, 2009
Size: approx. 1cm
A very rapid hovering flier alighted only for an instant on each flower.
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Contributed by Nick Richter on 17 August, 2009 - 12:37am
Last updated 24 August, 2009 - 5:24pm

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… Harsi S. Parker, 24 August, 2009 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Anthophora urbana
female
… John S. Ascher, 23 August, 2009 - 5:08am login or register to post comments

Wonderful photo!
These things are tough to capture. (I call them touch-and-go bees.) So this is what they look like!
… Ron Hemberger, 17 August, 2009 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Photo
Thanks Ron! At first I thought they were hoverflies.
… Nick Richter, 17 August, 2009 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

Bee
Looks to be in the genus Anthophora.
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 August, 2009 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

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