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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) » Mourning Bees (Melectini) » Melecta » Melecta separata » Melecta separata callura
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Yellow & Black Bee for ID? - Melecta separata - female
Copyright © 2011 Harsi S. Parker

Yellow & Black Bee for ID? - Melecta separata - Female
Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station, Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 11, 2010
This bee (photographed on a cool morning and acting quite sluggish) was found near a known grouping of Anthophora pacifica nests. It is a terrible photo and I only took this one shot. I'm primarily posting this on the off chance that it may be the same species recently photographed by Nancy Hamlett in the exact same location:



Any help with either ID would be greatly appreciated!
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Contributed by Harsi S. Parker on 15 February, 2011 - 12:03am
Last updated 15 May, 2014 - 11:50pm

Moved
Moved from Melecta.
… John S. Ascher, 15 April, 2014 - 7:48pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 15 February, 2011 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

Melecta (Melecta)
looks like an M. separata callura female, but I'm not certain
… John S. Ascher, 15 February, 2011 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh! How interesting!!
Nancy, Hartmut and I will be certain to keep our eyes out for this one again and hopefully (between the three of us) come up with some better images for you to look at. Thanks again, John!
… Harsi S. Parker, 15 February, 2011 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Now, this explains
why they were sitting near the Anthophora pacifica burrows.
… Hartmut Wisch, 15 February, 2011 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

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