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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 » Unidentified Nests, Nest Sites, and Immatures
Photo#906687
Holes in soft rock
Copyright © 2014 John F. Carr

Holes in soft rock
Scotts Bluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
August 8, 2013
Are these wasp burrows or erosion?
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 6 April, 2014 - 8:01pm
Last updated 11 October, 2014 - 10:18am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 October, 2014 - 10:18am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sandstone Mining Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 22 April, 2014 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 7 April, 2014 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

Sandstone-boring insects...
the only one I know of is Macrotera opuntiae. It may get that far east, but I'm not sure offhand.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 April, 2014 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

 
See also...
Anthophora in holes in sandstone.
… John F. Carr, 16 April, 2014 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

 
Hmm...
Duly noted.
… Charley Eiseman, 16 April, 2014 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Another rock miner
Coincidentally, I just read about the European Colletes daviesanus, which nests in sandstone and will also use stone and mortar buildings.
… John F. Carr, 8 April, 2014 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

 
Opuntia is present
There is Opuntia in the vicinity and the climate is not much different from other places where the bee has been found.
… John F. Carr, 7 April, 2014 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Sounds good
If it occurs in both North Dakota and central Texas, then Nebraska seems perfectly plausible.
… Charley Eiseman, 7 April, 2014 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Plausible is not good enough
For proposing a species-level ID

Also not the best idea to ID honey bees to subspecies based on color. Most are surely hybrids anyway
… John S. Ascher, 23 April, 2014 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Honey bees?
I don't believe I've ever identified a honey bee to subspecies, but maybe that comment was directed to John?

Regarding the sandstone-boring Anthophora, are you aware of any literature accounts of that? I'd like to learn more about it.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 April, 2014 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

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