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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 » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Panurgine Bees (Panurginae) » Calliopsine Bees (Calliopsini) » Calliopsis » Subgenus Nomadopsis sensu lato (Calliopsis Subgenus Nomadopsis sensu lato)
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Bees - Calliopsis - male - female
Copyright © 2012 Alice Abela

Bees - Calliopsis - Male Female
Santa Barbara County, California, USA
July 6, 2012
Size: ~1cm
Found in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat, males seemed to be cruising for mates on a sandy trail. When this female flew by the male tackled her out of the air and then they both took off. This is my only shot.
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 28 July, 2012 - 4:29pm
Last updated 21 February, 2014 - 6:00am

Moved
Moved from Calliopsis.
… John S. Ascher, 21 February, 2014 - 6:00am login or register to post comments

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… Keng-Lou James Hung, 30 July, 2012 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

Calliopsis
Small Andrenid bees in the genus Calliopsis, often called "mining bees." Many prefer sandy soils, so your photo is most appropriate!
This reminds me of C. pugionis, so perhaps it's in the subgenus Calliopsima--but I will need more photos to determine that :P
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 30 July, 2012 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

there are the bees...
where are the birds?
… Blaine Mathison, 28 July, 2012 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

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