Species Colletes inaequalis - Unequal Cellophane Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

Colletes inaequalis - Colletes inaequalis

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)

Family Colletidae (Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees)

Genus Colletes (Cellophane bees)

Species inaequalis (Unequal Cellophane Bee)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Colletes propinqua Cresson, 1868; Colletes canadensis Cresson, 1868; Colletes inaequalis ferrugineus Swenk, 1908

Explanation of Names

Colletes inaequalis Say, 1837

Size

Female: Length 12-13mm(1)

Male: Length 9-10mm(1)

Range

Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan, south to Georgia, Texas, Idaho, Washington.

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Season

March to July, with occasional records in the fall (August and September).

Food

Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.

Life Cycle

Information on life cycle and nesting can be found in Batra (1980)(2)

Internet References

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iNaturalist

ITIS

Works Cited

1.	Bees of the eastern United States Mitchell T.B. 1962. Tech. Bull. (NC Agric. Exp. Sta.): No. 141 (538 pp.), 1960; and No. 152 (557 pp.).

2.	Ecology, Behavior, Pheromones, Parasites and Management of the Sympatric Vernal Bees Colletes inaequalis, C. thoracicus and...

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 23 September, 2006 - 5:34pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Matthias Buck, John S. Ascher, hg, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 23 May, 2022 - 11:20pm

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