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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)
Crazy beach bee (Centris decolorata) (female). Photo copyright 2026 Mika Geiger.
Southern carpenter bee (Xylocopa micans) (male)
Oblique longhorn bee (Epimelissodes obliquus) (female)
Oblique longhorn bee (Epimelissodes obliquus) (female) (Photo copyright 2025 Sari Garfinkle)
American bumble bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) (female)
Sonoran bumblebee (Bombus sonorus) (female). Photo Copyright 2026 Kathryn Wells.
Black-legged long-horned bee (Epimelissodes atripes) (female)
Black-footed oil-digger (Centris atripes) (female)
Shining oil-digger bee (Centris nitida) (male)
Ochraceous chimney bee (Diadasia ochracea) (female)
Globe mallow bee (Diadasia diminuta) (female)
Tropical chimney bee (Diadasia tropicalis) (male)
Pale-gold cellophane bee (Colletes mandibularis) (female)
Wilmatte's longhorn bee (Eucera wilmattae) (female)
Goldenweed longhorn bee (Eucera eriocarpi) (female)
Woolly-white longhorn bee (Eucera paenalbata) (female)
Sabine llonghorn bee (Epimelissodes sabinensis) (female)
Griswold's carpenter bee (Xylocopa griswoldi) (female)
Sunflower chimney bee (Diadasia enavata) (male)
Rincon chimney bee (Diadasia rinconis) (male)
Rincon/australis chimney bee (Diadasia rinconis/australis) (female)
California digger bee (Anthophora californica) (male)
California digger bee (Anthophora californica) (female)
Masked sage digger bee (Anthophora capistrata) (female)
Masked sage digger bee (Anthophora capistrata) (male)
Aztec cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys azteca) (female)
Slosson's sand-dwelling cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys slossoni arenicola) (female)
Slosson's sand-dwelling cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys slossoni arenicola) (female)
Scaly cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys edita) (female)
Texas cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys texanus) (female)
Texas cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys texanus) (male)
Zapotec cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys zapotecus) (male)
Totonaca cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys totonacus) (female)
Totonaca cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys totonacus) (female)
Spring triepeolus (Triepeolus vernus) (female)
Red-faced triepeolus cuckoo bee (Triepeolus rufoclypeus) (female)
Interrupted epeolus cuckoo bee (Epeolus interruptus) Photo copyright 2026 Dan Jones
Paintbrush triepeolus cuckoo bee (Triepeolus penicilliferus) (male)
Triepeolus kathrynae (male). Photo Copyright 2025 Dan Jones.
Zacatec or Kathryn's triepeolus (Triepeolus zacatecus / kathrynae) (male)
Mexican triepeolus (Triepeolus mexicanus) (male). Photo Copyright 2026 Dan Jones.
Mexican triepeolus (Triepeolus mexicanus) (female). Photo Copyright 2023 Sam Werle.
Singular cuckoo bee (Leiopodus singularis) (female)
Concave triepeolus (Triepeolus concavus) (male) Photo copyright 2026 Dan Jones
Viereck's nomad bee (Nomada vierecki) (male)