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Digger Bee
Melissodes sp. Hymenoptera: Apidae Back to Hymenoptera index page |
 Female. Big Canyon, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA. 10-29-06. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. Big Canyon, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA. 10-17-08. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. Big Canyon, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA. 10-17-08. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. Big Canyon, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA. 10-17-08. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. Big Canyon, Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach, Orange County, California, USA. 10-17-08. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. Alta Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 5-6-07. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. Alta Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 5-6-07. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. Alta Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 5-6-07. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. Top of the World, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 09/03/07. © Peter J. Bryant. |
 Female. Top of the World, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 09/03/07. © Peter J. Bryant. |
 Female. Top of the World, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 09/03/07. © Peter J. Bryant. |
 Female. Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 9-12-07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 9/23/07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 9/23/07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 9/23/07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 9/23/07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9/15/07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9/15/07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9/15/07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9/15/07. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 05/10/08. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 05/10/08. © Peter J. Bryant |
 Female. James Dilley Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 05/10/08. © Peter J. Bryant |
 UCI Arboretum, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 8-8-08. © Ron Hemberger |
 UCI Arboretum, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 8-8-08. © Ron Hemberger |
 UCI Arboretum, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 8-8-08. © Ron Hemberger |
 UCI Arboretum, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 8-8-08. © Ron Hemberger |
Note on behavior (UCI Arboretum bees): Bees - in a group of about four - fly into the plant en masse. Each cannonballs into a blossom, tumbles around quickly and briefly, then repeats the process. I'd guess they're picking up pollen, but in a very messy and wasteful way. Ron Hemberger. |
 Female. Laguna Niguel Regional Park, Laguna Niguel, Orange County, CA. 10-21-08. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9-13-09. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9-13-09. © Ron Hemberger |
 Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9-13-09. © Ron Hemberger |
 Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 7-11-08. © Ron Hemberger |
 Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 7-11-08. © Ron Hemberger |
 Male. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 6/29/08. © Ron Hemberger |
 Male. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 6/29/08. © Ron Hemberger |
 Male. Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 7-9-10. © Ron Hemberger |
 Male. Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 7-9-10. © Ron Hemberger |
 Male. Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 7-9-10. © Ron Hemberger |
 Male. Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 7-2-08. © Ron Hemberger |
