Best bee photo day ever

Perfect sun for better detail on small bees--plus a lot of insects using the chives. There is a native onion nearby on the hill and I wonder if that attracts the same bees. Must keep that in mind for a future informal study next year!

Publicado el junio 11, 2018 04:54 TARDE por wenatcheeb wenatcheeb

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018

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Black and yellow wasp, on Cascara, Rhamnus purshiana.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:40 TARDE PDT

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Long-horned bee (could it be Mellisodes?) on vetch flower.

I spotted this bee, got two photos and it left. This was the only time I saw it (10 years observations around our house) and I have not seen it again.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:40 TARDE PDT

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:27 MAÑANA PDT

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Tiny megachilid type with enormous jaws, on cultivated flower. (Photo setting was bumped, so color is off on flowers, which are a pale blue-violet.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:42 MAÑANA PDT

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Tiny megachilid with oversized mandibles on chives.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:44 MAÑANA PDT

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Metallic green, less than 1/2" bee on chives. The small bees were diving down inside the flowers to get the goodies. The eye on this particular bee is magnificent.

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Eslizón Occidental (Plestiodon skiltonianus)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:45 MAÑANA PDT

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Have seen two of these or one that walked from one side of the house to the other. (Take photo quicker next time!)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:46 MAÑANA PDT

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Tiny bee with warm golden tones and light bands on abdomen, light warm green metallic head and thorax, hairy legs.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:48 MAÑANA PDT

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Bright green, medium sized bee. Might be a male, I don't see scopa?

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Abejas Albañiles (Género Osmia)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:52 MAÑANA PDT

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Bee, shiny dark green abdomen, golden hairs on thorax, interesting eyes. simultaneous visit by a bee fly? On volunteer wallflower.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:52 MAÑANA PDT

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Fly was overlooking a bee while it was inside a volunteer wallflower.

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Abejas (Epifamilia Anthophila)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:18 MAÑANA PDT

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Male bee, might have been warming up, as it was sunny, but not that hot yet. He would patrol and then stop on the warm rocks a while. golden hairs on thorax, thin stripes on abdomen, jade green eyes, antennae appear to be translucent brown (maybe dull red?) with darker tips, nice thick mustache.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:18 MAÑANA PDT

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Long thin flying insect, on cultivated geum.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:49 MAÑANA PDT

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Another metallic green bee. Not sure if this is a repeat specimen, but I think this may be a female with larger mandibles?

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 08:51 MAÑANA PDT

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Could this also be a Subgenus Synhalonia? Similar hair patches on abdomen, similar coloring, but shorter antennae.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:23 MAÑANA PDT

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Sage green hairy thorax, orange on wings, club antennae. On culinary chives.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:24 MAÑANA PDT

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Ribbed (Michelin Man) type dark abdomen with thin, pale bands at lower edge. On chives.

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Mariposas Y Polillas (Orden Lepidoptera)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:30 MAÑANA PDT

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Brown and white pattern, feathered edges on wings, on Creeping Thyme.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:33 MAÑANA PDT

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Blues puddling.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:31 MAÑANA PDT

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Creeping thyme, flowers about 4mm. Small bee has to stand on flower petals to reach anthers' pink pollen.

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Abejas de Primavera (Género Andrena)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:36 MAÑANA PDT

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Golden thorax hairs, dark, metallic abdomen. I think I can see three submarginal cells in wing. On Cascara, Rhamnus purshiana.

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Abejorros (Género Bombus)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:37 MAÑANA PDT

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Van Dyke's male?

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:38 MAÑANA PDT

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Thick medium brown and black antennae, yellow-black-brown striped abdomen, some white hairs, wasp-like shape, on Rhamnus purshiana, Cascara.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:42 MAÑANA PDT

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Abdomen: T1, T2 yellow, T3, T4, part of T5 red-orange, tail tip black. Long face, yellow hairs on face, scutum, scutellum. on Rhamnus purshiana, Cascara tree.

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Abejas Negras del Sudor (Género Halictus)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 10:44 MAÑANA PDT

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Small bee, striped abdomen, on Rhamnus purshiana.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:27 MAÑANA PDT

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Straw-colored face & thorax, black abdomen with some straw colored stripes, aqua green eyes, on Rhamnus purshiana, Cascara.

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Moscas de Sierra (Suborden Symphyta)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:30 MAÑANA PDT

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Yellow and black wasp on Salix scouleriana, Scouler's willow. It was eating up tiny creatures (aphids?) as it worked its way around the leaf.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:29 MAÑANA PDT

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Spider with silk attached.

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Arañas Cangrejo Vellosas (Género Mecaphesa)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:32 MAÑANA PDT

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Pale yellow crab spider with birghter yellow legs, ready to grab a victim, on ceonothus.

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Escarabajos Y Parientes (Orden Coleoptera)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:33 MAÑANA PDT

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many small beetles on Arrowleaf Balsamroot.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:34 MAÑANA PDT

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:35 MAÑANA PDT

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Seeds forming.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:34 MAÑANA PDT

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I mostly have Bulbous Woodland-Star, but I think this may be another type.

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Abejas Albañiles (Género Osmia)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:36 MAÑANA PDT

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Small green bee on Arrowleaf Balsamroot.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:55 MAÑANA PDT

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Mason bee building home in post that has mortar holding stones to plywood box beneath. View 1 seems to show something in bee's mandibles.

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Abejas (Epifamilia Anthophila)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:55 MAÑANA PDT

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Green bees were investigating these holes. Only the one posted previous to this seems to have used any of the holes on this porch post. I did put out a bee hotel and got one of those holes filled, but not these. This set is on the north side of the post where morning light hits the stones, but not the nests under the capstone.

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Insectos Alados (Subclase Pterygota)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 11:58 MAÑANA PDT

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This is a combination. If I remember correctly I saw a wasp place a couple tubes perpendicular to the one that is most recognizable in this photo. They hatched out sometime the next year. Then something made a nest in those holes and it seems it might be a leafcutter bee, as there is what looks like plant material in the hold left of center. I think there were two or three holes filled like that. Then another nest was built across those, blocking them in. See June 12, 2018, as there are holes in these that indicate something hatched and cut its way out.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:21 TARDE PDT

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:26 TARDE PDT

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Two black beetles mating, on lupine.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:25 TARDE PDT

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Beetle on lupine buds, then it walked down onto the leaf.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:31 TARDE PDT

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Two very small green metallic winged bees or wasps on lupine leaf.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:33 TARDE PDT

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Better able to tell it is not a bee here. Very small metallic green wasp on lupine leaf. Possibly same as pair of wasps in other post same date.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:32 TARDE PDT

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One more beetle, same as other two observations to give more details. Different individual on open lupine blossom.

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:39 TARDE PDT

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Upside-down yellow t-shape on face. Hyleaus or ceratina?

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Escarabajo Común de Las Alfombras (Anthrenus verbasci)

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wenatcheeb

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Mayo 12, 2018 a las 02:45 TARDE PDT

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Shaped somewhat similar to Lady beetle, but with brown, splotchy pattern. On sand cherry. probably less than 1/4" long, small anyway.

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