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Photo#47124
Little Black Wasp - Hylaeus

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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Moved
Moved from Yellow-masked Bees.

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.

 
Thanks!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who mistook these for wasps. :)

 
Hylaeus modestus
Looks like Hylaeus moedestus.

 
no it does not
looks like subgenus Paraprosopis

bee?
maybe a carpenter bee? or maybe a digger wasp?

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