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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Bees
  7. Melittid Bees

family

Melittid Bees

Melittidae

Includes
15 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Dasypodainae 8 native
  • Melittinae 7 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native melittid bees All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Dark-footed Yellow Loosestrife Bee Macropis nuda 229 observations
  • Clarkia Evening Bee Hesperapis regularis 83 observations
  • Gulf Coast Evening Bee Hesperapis oraria 77 observations
  • Melitta melittoides 52 observations
  • Deerberry Blunt-Horn Melitta eickworti 30 observations
  • Blueberry Blunt-horn Melitta americana 23 observations
  • Macropis patellata 17 observations
  • Fringed Loosestrife Oil Bee Macropis ciliata 14 observations
  • Chamise Evening Bee Hesperapis ilicifoliae 11 observations
  • Macropis steironematis 10 observations
  • Creosote Evening Bee Hesperapis larreae 8 observations
  • Hesperapis carinata 3 observations
  • Woollystar Evening Bee Hesperapis rufipes 2 observations
  • Pellucid Evening Bee Hesperapis pellucida 2 observations

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