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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) » Hoplitis or Osmia
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Small Green Bee
Copyright © 2006 Aaron Michael Peterson

Small Green Bee
Medford, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
July 11, 2006
Size: About 1cm

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Contributed by Aaron Michael Peterson on 11 July, 2006 - 5:20pm
Last updated 15 February, 2014 - 4:43am

Moved
Moved from Osmiini.
… John S. Ascher, 15 February, 2014 - 4:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies.
… John S. Ascher, 7 November, 2009 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

Osmia or Hoplitis (Monumetha)
female
… John S. Ascher, 6 November, 2009 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bees.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 November, 2006 - 3:02pm login or register to post comments

Megachilidae?
Reasonably sure this is a megachilid, either Osmia or Hoplitis(?). Both can be brightly metallic. Large, squarish head rules out a halictid. Nice find.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 July, 2006 - 5:39pm login or register to post comments

 
megachilid
Well, that certainly narrows it down for me. Thanks!!
… Aaron Michael Peterson, 13 July, 2006 - 1:45am login or register to post comments

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