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May 14, 2023
01:10 PM PDT
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April 19, 2024
10:40 PM PDT
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April 21, 2024
08:07 PM PDT
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April 26, 2024
03:49 PM PDT
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April 3, 2024
10:10 AM PDT
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April 15, 2024
03:41 PM PDT
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May 29, 2023
03:55 PM PDT
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May 29, 2023
03:55 PM PDT
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March 19, 2024
06:25 AM PDT
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March 28, 2024
07:40 PM PDT
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April 10, 2024
10:57 AM HST
Description
I made multiple observations at same location for aggregation of nesting Anthophora bees. Some bees can be differentiated by pollen on legs (or not).
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July 17, 2023
10:05 PM PDT
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May 18, 2021
07:08 AM PDT
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April 8, 2024
05:30 AM PDT
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April 17, 2023
05:22 AM UTC
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February 16, 2024
07:41 PM PST
Description
Kate Harper and I found two plants of this species, which are both shown in the first pix. But we couldn't determine it since there wasn't much to go on. Flora ID NW only was able to narrow it down to 29 Apiaceae species that could fit these finished plants, so we never knew what it was. We thought they might be Taschia arguta, from nearby vouchers at high elevation.
We never returned to these plants, but fortunately Fred Melgert and Carla Hoegen independently found a similar plant in this canyon on 16 February 2024, and it had fresh leaves which gave the determination! See their post from a different part of Palo Verde Canyon:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199322190
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February 14, 2024
04:43 PM PST
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June 21, 2023
01:07 AM PDT
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April 3, 2024
01:47 PM PDT
Description
Female. On Creosote in Vallecito County Park. Photo #4 (male) was taken a week earlier on the same plant.
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April 3, 2024
01:38 PM PDT
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February 15, 2024
06:26 PM PST
Description
Big nest aggregation for this species in a 10ft sq. area. Nests hidden at the base of Euphorbia misera shrubs. This individual entered nest at 1:13pm with pollen load and came out at 1:42. Last 3 photos were first in the sequence. There were at least 4 other nests within 5 inches of this one as I saw 4 other females come in through Euphorbia branches and landing very close, but the next entries where not visible from the trail.
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March 11, 2024
12:47 PM PDT
Description
Besides this individual bee, I saw more on other flowering California Barrel Cactus.
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April 11, 2022
08:13 PM MDT
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February 29, 2024
09:37 PM PST
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March 17, 2024
05:55 PM HST
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December 9, 2023
07:45 AM PST
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March 19, 2024
06:35 PM HST
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March 19, 2024
06:41 PM HST
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March 19, 2024
08:11 PM HST
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March 19, 2024
07:11 PM HST
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April 17, 2021
02:59 PM HST
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June 15, 2021
11:50 AM PDT
Description
Found this entrance to a ground-dwelling bee species in my native garden today. Sorry for the crummy photos. I’ll try again when the sun isn’t so high in the sky.
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March 21, 2022
12:19 PM PDT
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March 1, 2024
05:20 PM HST
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March 13, 2023
03:12 PM PDT
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March 27, 2023
04:34 PM PDT
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May 20, 2021
02:15 PM CDT
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May 22, 2022
04:24 PM CDT
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February 10, 2024
01:16 PM PST
Description
Smaller bee on the left. On nonnative Glebionis coronaria, foraging side by side with Halictus ligatus.
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February 18, 2024
01:59 PM MST
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February 26, 2024
04:27 PM PST
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February 19, 2024
03:36 PM PST
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February 11, 2024
12:42 AM PST
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February 11, 2024
12:42 AM PST
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February 18, 2024
02:44 PM PST
Description
This is the first time I’ve seen a bee visit Cneoridium dumosum, or any pollinator for that matter.
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February 18, 2024
02:07 PM PST
Description
Dismissed as Vespula pensylvanica until it hovered.
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February 17, 2024
03:13 PM PST
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Observed on decayed branch. Not sure if the salmon-colored clumps in rows on upper half are a different fungal species? ( Myxarium?)
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February 14, 2024
03:58 PM PST
Description
Discovered about a dozen wasps or so lingering outside an opening beneath a small boulder. Perhaps nest building? A few came and went. Difficulty getting close enough for decent shots and also due to dead overgrown grasses. Maybe P. aurifer?
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February 15, 2024
05:34 PM PST
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February 13, 2024
07:53 PM HST
Description
Start - 12:17p 65F clear/hazy, wind 2 mph
End - 1:18p 66F clear/hazy, wind gusts up to 5 mph
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October 9, 2023
09:01 AM PDT
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February 4, 2024
11:15 AM PST
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June 3, 2023
11:05 PM PDT
Description
Observed many of these Digger Bees feeding on the numerous Crystalline Ice Plants growing along the trail, as shown in the second photo.
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February 4, 2024
11:12 AM PST
Description
A few individuals flying frantically around a lemonade berry, seemingly never landing except for 1 individual seen landing on a leaf after quite a while.
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September 27, 2021
07:53 PM PDT
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January 31, 2024
04:53 PM PST
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June 21, 2023
07:58 PM PDT
Description
Multiple species. Massive nest(s) around lookout point.
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July 20, 2021
11:07 PM PDT
Description
I observed a number of these bees on the Slender Iceplant (Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum) flowers.
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November 26, 2020
11:43 AM PST
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June 7, 2020
06:06 PM PDT
Description
More than one individual photographed in the same immediate location, all foraging on Pincushion Plants (Navarretia sp ).
Escondido, CA
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P6070270
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April 3, 2022
07:20 PM MST
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April 10, 2023
04:05 PM PDT
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May 21, 2023
02:23 AM UTC
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June 5, 2023
04:05 AM UTC
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September 24, 2023
03:33 PM CDT
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Visiting nest of Diadasia enavata
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September 27, 2023
03:30 PM PDT
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September 29, 2023
05:52 PM PDT
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January 1, 2024
02:58 PM UTC
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March 15, 2021
10:40 PM -05
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November 18, 2023
05:47 PM PST
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October 19, 2023
03:19 PM PDT
Description
On Isocoma menziesii. Last photo has a Honey Bee nearby for scale.
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December 26, 2023
09:37 AM HST
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August 29, 2020
11:10 PM UTC
Description
Found on Encelia californica
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May 6, 2022
12:46 PM PDT
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December 17, 2023
12:44 PM PST
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August 2, 2022
02:44 PM PDT
Description
On Encelia californica; swarming all around this one flower; first photo shows at least four individuals
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May 20, 2017
10:50 PM PDT
Description
Black Mountain area, Imperial County, California
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March 21, 2020
11:08 AM PDT
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July 6, 2022
07:17 PM PDT
Description
On Heliotropium curassavicum
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November 16, 2023
04:52 PM PST
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October 27, 2023
03:33 PM PDT
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November 14, 2023
04:50 PM UTC
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November 14, 2023
01:02 AM UTC
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October 18, 2022
02:51 PM PDT
Description
Wasp very busy moving stones with its red jaws.
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November 8, 2023
05:46 AM PST
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April 1, 2021
04:44 PM PDT
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November 2, 2023
08:05 PM MST
Description
Her nest was located in a sunny spot under a tree covered with sparse grass and leaves.
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October 27, 2023
04:14 AM UTC
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October 25, 2023
05:13 PM PDT
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October 26, 2023
10:50 PM UTC
Description
More photos than Tuesday.
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October 26, 2023
02:44 PM PDT
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October 26, 2023
02:34 PM PDT
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October 19, 2023
03:25 PM PDT
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October 23, 2023
05:01 PM PDT
Description
Observed multiples within a short distance on one Baccharis sarothroides bush.
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September 30, 2023
01:46 PM PDT
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May 3, 2023
06:05 PM PDT
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September 27, 2022
11:41 AM PDT
Description
Seen on Desert Broom (male plant).
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July 26, 2022
04:57 PM HST
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July 10, 2022
05:09 PM PDT
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October 2, 2016
08:56 AM PDT
Description
on Telegraph Weed (Heterotheca grandiflora), stabilized dunes