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Colletes genus (Cellophane bees)
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Cellophane bees
Colletes genus
Location: Grand Canyon South Rim, Coconino County, AZ
Photo Date: 5/22/2022




Colletes inaequalis (Unequal Cellophane Bee)
Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Arthropoda (Arthropods) » Hexapoda (Hexapods) » Insecta (Insects) » Pterygota » Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies) » Apocrita (Wasps, Bees, and Ants) » Aculeata (Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps) » Apoidea (Bees and Sphecidae) » Anthophila (Bees) » Colletidae (Cellophane or Plasterer, Masked, and Fork-tongued Bees) » Colletinae » Colletes (Cellophane bees) » Colletes inaequalis (Unequal Cellophane Bee)

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Unequal Cellophane Bee
Colletes inaequalis
Location: Mayes County, OK
Photo Date: 3/28/2022
Remarks: There were dozens of these flying around a small area.
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Colletes americanus
Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Arthropoda (Arthropods) » Hexapoda (Hexapods) » Insecta (Insects) » Pterygota » Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies) » Apocrita (Wasps, Bees, and Ants) » Aculeata (Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps) » Apoidea (Bees and Sphecidae) » Anthophila (Bees) » Colletidae (Cellophane or Plasterer, Masked, and Fork-tongued Bees) » Colletinae » Colletes (Cellophane bees) » Colletes americanus

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Colletes americanus
Location: Pryor, Mayes County, OK
Photo Date: 8/20/2012
Remarks: americanus species group
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ID Confidence: 98
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Colletes sphaeralceae (Globemallow cellophane bee)
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Life (root) » Animalia (Animals) » Arthropoda (Arthropods) » Hexapoda (Hexapods) » Insecta (Insects) » Pterygota » Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies) » Apocrita (Wasps, Bees, and Ants) » Aculeata (Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps) » Apoidea (Bees and Sphecidae) » Anthophila (Bees) » Colletidae (Cellophane or Plasterer, Masked, and Fork-tongued Bees) » Colletinae » Colletes (Cellophane bees) » Colletes sphaeralceae (Globemallow cellophane bee)