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I made multiple observations at same location for aggregation of nesting Anthophora bees. Some bees can be differentiated by pollen on legs (or not).
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Peponapis pruinosaObservador
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Video:
https://youtu.be/ba2KeTcvaMA
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Kate Harper and I found two plants of this species, which are both shown in the first pix. But we couldn't determine it since there wasn't much to go on. Flora ID NW only was able to narrow it down to 29 Apiaceae species that could fit these finished plants, so we never knew what it was. We thought they might be Taschia arguta, from nearby vouchers at high elevation.
We never returned to these plants, but fortunately Fred Melgert and Carla Hoegen independently found a similar plant in this canyon on 16 February 2024, and it had fresh leaves which gave the determination! See their post from a different part of Palo Verde Canyon:
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Habronattus hirsutusObservador
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Female. On Creosote in Vallecito County Park. Photo #4 (male) was taken a week earlier on the same plant.
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Andrena perimelasObservador
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Big nest aggregation for this species in a 10ft sq. area. Nests hidden at the base of Euphorbia misera shrubs. This individual entered nest at 1:13pm with pollen load and came out at 1:42. Last 3 photos were first in the sequence. There were at least 4 other nests within 5 inches of this one as I saw 4 other females come in through Euphorbia branches and landing very close, but the next entries where not visible from the trail.
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Dufourea echinocactiObservador
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Besides this individual bee, I saw more on other flowering California Barrel Cactus.
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Andrena caliginosaObservador
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same location as this other observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203197624
Could be the same individual.
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Halictus tripartitusObservador
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Found this entrance to a ground-dwelling bee species in my native garden today. Sorry for the crummy photos. I’ll try again when the sun isn’t so high in the sky.
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Smaller bee on the left. On nonnative Glebionis coronaria, foraging side by side with Halictus ligatus.
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Subgénero DialictusObservador
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This is the first time I’ve seen a bee visit Cneoridium dumosum, or any pollinator for that matter.
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Género ChrysotoxumObservador
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Dismissed as Vespula pensylvanica until it hovered.
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Género DacrymycesObservador
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Observed on decayed branch. Not sure if the salmon-colored clumps in rows on upper half are a different fungal species? ( Myxarium?)
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Discovered about a dozen wasps or so lingering outside an opening beneath a small boulder. Perhaps nest building? A few came and went. Difficulty getting close enough for decent shots and also due to dead overgrown grasses. Maybe P. aurifer?
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Género HabropodaObservador
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Start - 12:17p 65F clear/hazy, wind 2 mph
End - 1:18p 66F clear/hazy, wind gusts up to 5 mph
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Observed many of these Digger Bees feeding on the numerous Crystalline Ice Plants growing along the trail, as shown in the second photo.
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Género AndrenaObservador
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A few individuals flying frantically around a lemonade berry, seemingly never landing except for 1 individual seen landing on a leaf after quite a while.
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I observed a number of these bees on the Slender Iceplant (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum) flowers.
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Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA (Google, OSM)
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Subgénero ZacestaObservador
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More than one individual photographed in the same immediate location, all foraging on Pincushion Plants (Navarretia sp ).
Escondido, CA
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Epeolus axillarisObservador
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On Isocoma menziesii. Last photo has a Honey Bee nearby for scale.
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This is the huge nesting aggregation found by @bonnienickel
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Ceratina arizonensisObservador
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On Encelia californica; swarming all around this one flower; first photo shows at least four individuals
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Ammophila abertiObservador
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Wasp very busy moving stones with its red jaws.
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Género MelissodesObservador
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Her nest was located in a sunny spot under a tree covered with sparse grass and leaves.
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Phymata pacificaObservador
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Observed multiples within a short distance on one Baccharis sarothroides bush.
