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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) » Habropoda » Blueberry Digger Bee (Habropoda laboriosa)
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Digger Bee - Habropoda laboriosa
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Digger Bee - Habropoda laboriosa
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
March 19, 2006
These bees were buzzing around quickly a few inches off the ground. Every once in a while one would land, crawl in between the leaves and stay in there for a little while. I'm guess they are digger bees based on Richard V.'s recent comments on another photo, but I could be wrong again.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 19 March, 2006 - 3:13pm
Last updated 11 February, 2014 - 6:55am

Moved
Moved from Anthophora abrupta.
… John S. Ascher, 11 February, 2014 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

 
Habropoda laboriosa - Southeastern Blueberry Bee
Thanks John.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 February, 2014 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophora.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 April, 2010 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Charley.
… Lynette Elliott, 26 April, 2010 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

date is early
for Anthophora abrupta; surely a Habropoda laboriosa female
… John S. Ascher, 24 September, 2006 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

No problem! This time...
You're quite right! They land on the dead leaves litter in order to collect heat, by sun-basking for a little while. For now, they have just emerged, but nesting activity should begin fairly soon: then, you will probably see females landing with their pink, orange or yellow pollen loads on their hind legs. Burrows are not so easy to find, as most Digger Bees tend to nest in small and loose aggregations.
… Richard Vernier, 20 March, 2006 - 4:57am login or register to post comments

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