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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Short-faced Bees and Allies (Rophitinae) » Short-faced Bees (Dufourea) » Dufourea mulleri
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ID for two bees in Phacelia? - Dufourea mulleri
Copyright © 2013 Nancy Hamlett

ID for two bees in Phacelia? - Dufourea mulleri
Claremont, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 14, 2013
On an overcast and cool (for April in SoCal - about 60°F) afternoon at the Claremont Colleges' Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station, lots of bees were "sleeping" in the Phacelia distans. I was photographing this large one when I realized it had a small companion in its flowery bed. Any information about their identities will be greatly appreciated!

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ID for two bees in Phacelia? - Dufourea mulleri ID for two bees in Phacelia? - Dufourea mulleri
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Contributed by Nancy Hamlett on 17 April, 2013 - 1:19am
Last updated 28 April, 2024 - 4:14am

Moved
Moved from probably Dufoura mulleri.
… John S. Ascher, 28 April, 2024 - 4:14am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 17 April, 2013 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks, John! I see that all the BugGuide photos of Dufourea probably mulleri were taken at the field station by either Hartmut Wisch or me. And they are all on Phacelia distans.

Any suggestions for the little one?
… Nancy Hamlett, 18 April, 2013 - 2:12am login or register to post comments

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