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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) » Mining Bees (Andreninae) » Andrena » Subgenus Callandrena sensu lato (Andrena Subgenus Callandrena sensu lato)
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Bee sleeping on Gaillardia aristata - Andrena
Copyright © 2013 Lynn Monroe

Bee sleeping on Gaillardia aristata - Andrena
Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
July 22, 2013
Size: BL ~ 9.5 mm
In a series of several photos of a bee sleeping in Gaillardia aristata, this is the last one. It shows the whole bee the best. Here, the bee is awake and stretching, almost ready to take off. The bee was found at the entrance to Wild Basin, RMNP at about 83oo' elevation. I will also post a dorsal with wing venation and a face.

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Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 23 July, 2013 - 12:42pm
Last updated 23 July, 2013 - 8:59pm

Resembles accepta
But I'm not sure of the species
… John S. Ascher, 16 February, 2014 - 2:17am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 23 July, 2013 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

Andrena male
Subgenus Callandrena sensu lato
… John S. Ascher, 23 July, 2013 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Andrena male subgenus Callandrena sensu lato
Thank you so much, Dr. Ascher, for this identification. Genus Andrena is such a diverse genus and I am delighted to get this handsome male to a subgenus. Your help is much appreciated.
… Lynn Monroe, 24 July, 2013 - 5:47am login or register to post comments

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