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Species Colletes bryanti - Bryant's Cellophane Bee

Colletes bryanti - male Bee - Colletes bryanti Bee - Colletes bryanti Bee - Colletes bryanti Bee - Colletes bryanti
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 bryanti (Bryant's Cellophane Bee)
Explanation of Names
Colletes bryanti Timberlake, 1951
Size
Female: Length 9 mm; wing length 7 mm.(1)
Male: Length 9.5 mm; wing length 6.5 mm.(1)
Range
US:AZ, TX, NM
Mexico: MX, OA
Season
August-October
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.