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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 sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Bembicinae » Sand Wasps (Bembicini) » Bembicina » Bembix » Bembix americana » Bembix americana comata
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Bembix americana comata - Bembix americana - female
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Bembix americana comata - Bembix americana - Female
La Purisima Mission State Park, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
September 25, 2006

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 10 February, 2007 - 11:42pm
Last updated 15 January, 2008 - 1:23pm

what a pretty little bee. the
what a pretty little bee. these little pollen suckers are vary much needed for our crops, witch we eat, and need.
… chardell r. jefferson, 2 February, 2011 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

yes, it looks like a Bembix
I would check this vs. Bembix americana comata Parker. I'll try to do so soon when I'm at work and can check specimens.
… John S. Ascher, 11 February, 2007 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John,
your help is appreciated.
… Hartmut Wisch, 11 February, 2007 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice image.
Lovely work as always:-) I might dispute that this is a male specimen, however. Looks like 'he' has a tarsal rake on the front tarsi.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 February, 2007 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

 
I saw that tarsal rake,
briefly wondered in 'the back of my head', but was pretty tired when I submitted the photos. Thanks for pointing this out, Eric, and I think you're right.
… Hartmut Wisch, 12 February, 2007 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

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