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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Furrow Bees (Halictus) » Subgenus Seladonia (Halictus Subgenus Seladonia) » Halictus tripartitus
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Bee Fly? - Halictus tripartitus - female
Copyright © 2010 Scott Peden

Bee Fly? - Halictus tripartitus - Female
Big Basin Redwoods SP, Big Basin Way, chaparral area, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
August 15, 2009
Size: 3/8"?
This is one of two other flying bugs that were also in focus as I photoed a Damselfly
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Contributed by Scott Peden on 27 August, 2010 - 1:19am
Last updated 17 November, 2011 - 1:24pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 24 October, 2010 - 1:55pm login or register to post comments

Halictus tripartitus
female
… John S. Ascher, 22 October, 2010 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 October, 2010 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

A couple of places to look...
Cuckoo bees http://bugguide.net/node/view/15025/bgimage

Osmiini http://bugguide.net/node/view/89667
… Ron Hemberger, 28 August, 2010 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

Bee, actually.
Antennae are often a good way to separate bees from flies. And of course, you can always count the wings! LOL!
… Ron Hemberger, 27 August, 2010 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

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