A Pictorial Guide to Bees
of the
Humboldt Bay Dunes
by Susan E. Nyoka
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
RELEASE 1.0 - July 2004
of the
Humboldt Bay Dunes
by Susan E. Nyoka
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
RELEASE 1.0 - July 2004
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A Pictorial Guide to Bees
of the Humboldt Bay Dunes by Susan E. Nyoka Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge RELEASE 1.0 - July 2004 |
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Home How to Recognize a Bee
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1 Scientific Name: Stelis leucotricha Flight season: May-August Host: Anthidium palliventre (wool-carder bee) Recognition characters: Small (7-10 mm), robust, hairless; dark metallic blue-green with indistinct white markings on basal abdominal segments.  |
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2 Scientific Name: Epeolus minimus Flight season: June-September Host: Reported to parasitize the nests of Colletes spp. (mining bees) Recognition characters: Small (6-9 mm); silver-gray with black banding on the abdomen.  |
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3 Scientific Name: Coelioxys rufitarsus Flight season: June-September Host: Reported to parasitize the nests of Megachile wheeleri (leaf-cutter bees) Recognition characters: Mid-sized (8-15 mm), robust, with sharply tapered abdomen (forked in males); black with narrow white bands on abdomen.
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