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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Furrow Bees (Halictus) » Subgenus Seladonia (Halictus Subgenus Seladonia) » Halictus tripartitus

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Copyright © 2007 Ron Hemberger

Small Bee #2 - Halictus tripartitus

Irvine Park, Orange, Orange County, California, USA
February 3, 2007
Size: ~5-6mm

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Small Bee #2 - Halictus tripartitus

Small Bee #2 - Halictus tripartitus

Small Bee #2 - Halictus tripartitus

Small Bee #2 - Halictus tripartitus

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 6 February, 2007 - 12:13am
Last updated 6 February, 2007 - 8:51pm

Halictus (Seladonia) tripartitus

if it really is green metallic as it appears. H. farinosus is non-metallic

was it really close to 8mm? I would expect it to be quite a bit smaller than that

… John S. Ascher, 6 February, 2007 - 1:17pm

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Length is a little tough from the way it's curled.

Looks like 5-6mm, based on center of flower.

Is this straight-down view quite important? I don't always take it.

… Ron Hemberger, 6 February, 2007 - 7:05pm

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Color on this particular photo is probably least accurate.

I've added one at far right. Based on flower color, which I know only too well, I'd say that new one is most correct.

As with the other two individuals, I'm unsure about size. I was using a different lens, and it shoots much better, so if a photo looks better than my norm, I'm apparently assuming incorrectly that the creature is bigger! Well, that's what a friend calls "a deluxe problem".

… Ron Hemberger, 6 February, 2007 - 2:14pm

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Halictus sp.

.

… Adalbert Goertz, 6 February, 2007 - 1:05pm

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Looks good, Adalbert

Halictus farinosus, do you think?

… Ron Hemberger, 6 February, 2007 - 1:15pm

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No, H. farinosus

would have yellow legs.

… Adalbert Goertz, 6 February, 2007 - 2:06pm

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