ID for a small bee? - Perdita ericameriae

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Copyright © 2010 Nancy Hamlett

ID for a small bee? - Perdita ericameriae -

Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
October 31, 2010
Size: Approx. 6 mm

Quite a few of these small bees were busy on Pine-Bush, Ericameria pinifolia, in the late morning (11:00 am - 12:00 noon) at the Claremont Colleges' Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station. I do have more photos, so please let me know if you need to see something additional to make an ID. Any information will be greatly appreciated!

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ID for a small bee? - Perdita ericameriae - female

ID for a small bee? - Perdita ericameriae

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Contributed by Nancy Hamlett on 2 November, 2010 - 12:55am
Last updated 20 November, 2011 - 7:22pm

Moved

Moved from Perdita.

… Hartmut Wisch, 15 November, 2010 - 11:59pm

Hi Nancy, good news -

I collected a male specimen last week, and two females today. I was fascinated while observing several females collecting pollen, & taking nectar. The females I photographed unfortunately lost their pollen packs in the transfer from the net.
Doug Yanega has identified this bee as Perdita ericameriae, so I'll move your images to the new page. See this post for comments:

… Hartmut Wisch, 15 November, 2010 - 11:58pm

Moved

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

… John S. Ascher, 2 November, 2010 - 9:33am

Nice series, Nancy!

I'd say its probably a Perdita, but wait for John Ascher's comments.

… Hartmut Wisch, 2 November, 2010 - 9:18am

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