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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 » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Mason Bees (Osmia) » Subgenus Osmia (Osmia Subgenus Osmia) » Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria) » Osmia lignaria propinqua
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Megachilidae ?? - Osmia lignaria - male
Copyright © 2006 Kerry S. Matz

Megachilidae ?? - Osmia lignaria - Male
Salt Lake City, N40°46.727'W111°52.629'ele4609', Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
April 9, 2006
Size: ca. 8mm
Maybe one of the bee experts will recognize this one.
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Contributed by Kerry S. Matz on 31 May, 2006 - 8:06pm
Last updated 18 November, 2009 - 4:27pm

Moved
Moved from Mason Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 18 November, 2009 - 3:47pm login or register to post comments

its definitely osmia, but I h
its definitely osmia, but I have no clue what species it is.
… William Ericson, 31 May, 2006 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Me, neither.
Would take running the specimen through a key to ID it. I 'can' say that this is a male, though. Long antennae, and perching behavior on foliage is typical for male megachilids (and male bees in other families for that matter).
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 June, 2006 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

 
a male Osmia
note long antennae

looks like O. lignaria propinqua
… John S. Ascher, 4 February, 2007 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

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