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Subgenus Paraprosopis (Hylaeus Subgenus Paraprosopis)
Photo#47124
Copyright © 2006
Chuck Entz
Little Black Wasp -
Hylaeus
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 7, 2006
Size: 1/8-1/4 inch
On Wild Buckwheat (
Eriogonum fasciculatum
) in my front yard.
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Contributed by
Chuck Entz
on 8 April, 2006 - 11:38am
Last updated 26 December, 2009 - 11:54am
Moved
Moved from
Yellow-masked Bees
.
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John S. Ascher
, 26 December, 2009 - 11:54am
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Hylaeus
This is a bee genus Hylaeus. They are very characteristic once you remember them. Theey have these beautiful white to yellow markings on their black (sometimes red) hairless body. This is a female, the males have more yellow on the face.
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Martin Hauser
, 8 April, 2006 - 10:47pm
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Thanks!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who mistook these for wasps. :)
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Chuck Entz
, 9 April, 2006 - 1:07am
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Hylaeus modestus
Looks like Hylaeus moedestus.
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Adalbert Goertz
, 28 May, 2006 - 9:01am
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no it does not
looks like subgenus Paraprosopis
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John S. Ascher
, 26 December, 2009 - 11:54am
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bee?
maybe a carpenter bee? or maybe a digger wasp?
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Omar Fahmy
, 8 April, 2006 - 12:08pm
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