Mating pair. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-22-13. © Ron Hemberger.

Mining Bee

Calliopsis pugionis

The male lacks the dark velvety patches seen on C. rhodophila and instead has pale fuzz distributed uniformly on thorax.

Hymenoptera: Andrenidae

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Mating pair. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-22-13. © Ron Hemberger.
Mating pair. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-22-13. © Ron Hemberger.

Mating pair. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-22-13. © Ron Hemberger. 		 

Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 7-15-09. © Ron Hemberger
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 7-15-09. © Ron Hemberger


Female. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-16-10. © Ron Hemberger


Female. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-16-10. © Ron Hemberger

Female. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-16-10. © Ron Hemberger
Female. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-16-10. © Ron Hemberger

Female. Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-16-10. © Ron Hemberger
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 4-17-13. © Ron Hemberger
Species uncertain below this line

Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, CA. 4-20-10. © Ron Hemberger
Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, CA. 4-20-10. © Ron Hemberger

Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, CA. 4-20-10. © Ron Hemberger