Adorable Mason Bee - Osmia taurus

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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 » 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 Osmia (Osmia Subgenus Osmia) » Taurus Mason Bee (Osmia taurus)

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Copyright © 2010 MrILoveTheAnts

Adorable Mason Bee - Osmia taurus -

Somerdale , Camden County, New Jersey, USA
March 23, 2010
Size: about 1 cm or smaller

Mason Bee I over wintered in my fridge. I moved them to a container and they started hatching out.

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Adorable Mason Bee - Osmia taurus - male

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Contributed by MrILoveTheAnts on 23 March, 2010 - 7:14pm
Last updated 12 October, 2011 - 6:54am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 23 March, 2010 - 9:12pm

First NJ record of Osmia taurus?

definitely a male of one of the exotic Osmia (Osmia) now widely invasive in the eastern USA

… John S. Ascher, 23 March, 2010 - 9:10pm

Thanks

Thanks for the ID, but I was wondering how we ruled out the genus Andrena?

… MrILoveTheAnts, 24 March, 2010 - 1:41pm

Also I have about 100 cocoons

Also I have about 100 cocoons that all seem to be hatching out as this species.

… MrILoveTheAnts, 25 March, 2010 - 12:28pm

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