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Megachilid Bee? - Apis mellifera
Copyright © 2013 Robert P. Sikora

Megachilid Bee? - Apis mellifera
Giacomini Wetland, Tomales Bay, Marin County, California, USA
July 19, 2013
Size: ~1cm.
On Grindelia.
Contributed by Robert P. Sikora on 15 September, 2013 - 2:19am
Last updated 15 September, 2013 - 11:21pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 15 September, 2013 - 11:21pm

Honeybee (Apis mellifera) - worker
An old timer specimen, with badly worn wings. The only North-American bee with hairy compound eyes.
No Megachilid bee has such broadened hind tibiae (the flat, shining "tibial basket" is well visible here) and metatarsi.
… Richard Vernier, 15 September, 2013 - 3:07pm

 
Honey Bee
Thanks, Richard, for the really helpful explanation. I didn't know honey bees had hairy eyes, and I generally think (i.e. thought) of them as having striped abdomens. But what elicited the guess was the hairy tummy. I learned a lot!
… Robert P. Sikora, 15 September, 2013 - 5:04pm

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