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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees
  7. Megachilinae
  8. Osmiini

tribe

Osmiini

Osmiini

Includes
63 native 5 introduced 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Osmiini is a tribe of leafcutter, mason, and resin bees in the family Megachilidae. There are about 19 genera and at least 1,000 described species in Osmiini.

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  • Mason Bees 34 native
  • Lesser Masons 13 native
  • Scissor Bees 5 native
  • Ashmeadiella 5 native
  • Resin Bees 4 native
  • Protosmia 1 native
  • Atoposmia 1 native

Range

United States

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

Most observed native Osmiini All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Blue Orchard Bee Osmia lignaria 4,670 observations
  • Blueberry Mason Bee Osmia ribifloris 1,912 observations
  • Osmia chalybea 923 observations
  • Georgia Mason Bee Osmia georgica 839 observations
  • Colorado Mason Osmia coloradensis 559 observations
  • Osmia montana 220 observations
  • Chelostoma californicum 126 observations
  • Creosote Small-Mason Hoplitis biscutellae 103 observations
  • Texas Mason Bee Osmia texana 82 observations
  • Dwarf Mason Bee Osmia pumila 50 observations
  • Dilated-horned Small-Mason Hoplitis spoliata 42 observations
  • Maine Blueberry Bee Osmia atriventris 33 observations
  • Osmia integra 30 observations
  • Beardtongue Scraper Bee Osmia distincta 27 observations
  • Blue Calamintha Bee Osmia calaminthae 26 observations
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