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SHARP-EATMAN
NATURE
PHOTOGRAPHY
FLORIDA BEES
IDENTIFICATION PAGE # F6
March 2024
Hoplitis and Coelioxys
from Gainesville
Size: 9 mm
Food plants:
Sawtooth blackberry
(Rubus pensilvanicus)
When and where seen:
March 25, 2024
Gainesville, Florida
(Alachua County)
Hoplitis truncata?
(male)
A male Hoplitis truncata
Lateral view of bee
Dorsal view of bee
The bee's antennae are hooked at the ends
Male Hoplitis truncata
Size: 13.5 mm
Food plants:
Lady lupine
Lupinus villlosus
When and where seen:
March 28 2024
Gainesville, Florida
(Alachua County)
Coelioxys immaculatus?
(female)
A female Coelioxys on Lupinus villosus
Lateral view: the bee has red legs and tegulae. Its head and body are otherwise black.
Alternate view of bee
Face of bee
A fed-legged female Coelioxys
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