SHARP-EATMAN
NATURE
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Quick Bee ID
NATIONAL BUTTERFLY CENTER
Picture Index - Bees by Category
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VERY LARGE BEES - 3/4 INCH TO 1 INCH LONG
Mexican feather-tongued bee (Ptiloglossa mexicana) (female)
Glorious protoxaea (Protoxaea gloriosa (male)
Glorious protoxaea (Protoxaea gloriosa) (female)
Texas mesoxaea (Mesoxaea texana) (male)
Texas mesoxaea (Mesoxaea texana) (female)
Southern carpenter bee (Xylocopa micans)
BEES WITH MASKS
BLACK BEES WITH STRIPES OR BANDS OF HAIR ON THEIR ABDOMENS
Zacatec Triepeolus cuckoo bee (Triepeolus zacatecus)
Four-banded Nomia bee (Nomia tetrazonata uvaldensis)
Cactus ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella cactorum) (female)
Greater ashmeadiella (Ashmeadiella maxima) (male)
Slender resin bee (Megachile exilis)
Variegated Heriades resin bee (Heriades variolosa) (female)
GREEN & BLUE-GREEN BEES
Osmia subfasciata Mason Bee
Steel-blue mason bee (Osmia chaybea)
Texas small carpenter bee (Ceratina texana) (male)
Cobalt Ceratina (Ceratina cobaltina)
Aztec sweat bee (Augochlora azteca)
Golden Augochlora (Augochlora aurifera)
BEES WITH PARTLY-RED BODIES OR LEGS:
Aztec cuckoo leafcutter bee (Coelioxys azteca)
Slosson's cuckoo leafcutter bee (Coelioxys slossoni arenicola)
Slosson's cuckoo leafcutter bee (Coelioxys slossoni arenicola)
Coelioxys edita cuckoo leafcutter bee
Texas cuckoo leafcutter bee (Coelioxys texanus) (female)
Texas cuckoo leafcutter bee (Coelioxys texanus) (male)
ANT-SIZED BEES - 1/4 INCH OR SMALLER
Texas protandrena (Protandrena texana) (female)
Miserable mining bee (Andrena miserabilis) (male)
Fancy-footed protandrena (Protandrena ornatipes) (female)
Fancy-footed protandrena (Protandrena ornatipes) (female)
Similar Exomalopsis (Exomalopsis similis) (male)
Texas small carpenter bee (Ceratina texana) (male)
BLOND OR GOLD BEES WITHOUT OBVIOUS STRIPES OR BANDS ON THEIR ABDOMENS
Mexican feather-tongued bee (Ptiloglossa mexicana) (female)
Glorious protoxaea (Protoxaea gloriosa (male)
Ochraceous chimney bee (Diadasia ochracea)
Tropical Diadasia chimney bee
Pale-gold cellophane bee
Southern carpenter bee (Xylocopa micans)
Capistrata Digger Bee (Anthophora capistrata)
California digger bee (Anthophora californica)
Black-footed oil-digger bigger (Centris atripes)
Black-footed oil-digger bigger (Centris atripes) (male)
Shining oil-digger bee (Centris nitida)
FURRY BEES WITH PALE HAIR BANDS ON THEIR ABDOMENS
Female Capistrata Digger Bee (Anthophora capistrata)
Diadasia rinconis chimney bee (female)
California digger bee (Anthophora californica)
Crooked-legged bee (Ancyloscelis apiformis)
Crooked-legged bees (Ancyloscelis apiformis)
Marginate chimney bee (Melitoma marginella) (male)
FURRY BEES THAT ARE HALF-GOLD AND HALF DARK
(either with gold-haired thoraxes and black-haired bodies, or with dark-haired thoraxes and gold-haired bodies)
Glorious protoxaea (Protoxaea gloriosa) (female)
Texas mesoxaea (Mesoxaea texana) (male)
Texas mesoxaea (Mesoxaea texana) (female)
Shining oil-digger bee (Centris nitida)
Black-footed oil-digger bigger (Centris atripes)
Melissoptila otomita long-horned bee (female) (Melissoptila otomita)
BEES NOT PLACED IN ANY OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES.
Western honey bees on beehive (Apis mellifera)