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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) » Chimney or Turret Bees (Emphorini) » Diadasia » Subgenus Coquillettapis (Diadasia Subgenus Coquillettapis) » Diadasia bituberculata
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bumble bee, I think - Diadasia bituberculata
Copyright © 2013 Hannah Nendick-Mason

bumble bee, I think - Diadasia bituberculata
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 24, 2013
Size: ~8-10 mm
I was struck by the exceptionally long fur on this bee's back legs.

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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 7 May, 2013 - 11:41am
Last updated 7 May, 2013 - 10:17pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 7 May, 2013 - 10:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
this genus is new to me.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 8 May, 2013 - 4:54am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Hannah,
Over the years I've had fairly frequent visits by D. bituberculata in my garden, though I don't have any Convulvulaceae, their favorite pollen plants. Have seen them mostly in mallows, Calif. poppies, also at Theodore Payne Foundation in nearby Sunland, where there are a few Calystegia they visit.
If the bees find what they need they hang around, otherwise they just move on or pass from the scene.
Recently found Diadasia ochracea, a bee that favors mallows, in my garden, at Theodore Payne gardens (where some were still flying a few days ago), as well as The Ranch Project at Huntington Gardens (~ 2 weeks ago, where they packed pollen in Sphaeralcea ambigua).
… Hartmut Wisch, 22 June, 2013 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

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