Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Melanosmia (Osmia Subgenus Melanosmia) » Osmia aglaia
Photo#352661
Osmia aglaia - female
Copyright © 2009 Hartmut Wisch

Osmia aglaia - Female
Liebre Mountain, Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 30, 2009
Size: 7.5mm
Found in flower of Turricula parryi.
Note the carinate ridge at the top back of the head (weakly visible in photo, but compared with identified specimens at Cal State Northridge), diagnostic for this green Osmia (acc. to Robbin Thorp, UC Davis - pers. comm.- this character is shared with another, slightly larger, dark blue species).
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 16 November, 2009 - 8:18pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo