Collected from sweep net. Images by José M. Flores.
Collected from sweep net. Images by José M. Flores.
This bee is on the right in the last photo.
Bright yellow monochromatic bee, approximately 2 inches long. Found dead on sidewalk.
There are several bee nests in the park which likely contribute to its popularity with some birds. This nest, high in a Sycamore, was conspicuously active.
Chilly and very breezy day, and this bee was probably cold stunned.
11 individuals emerged from galls on this Valley Oak (Quercus lobata): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149785298. A different wasp (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151830367) was dissected out of these same galls that this wasp had apparently already emerged from.
12 adults dissected out of gall from this Valley Oak (Quercus lobata): https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149785298. A different wasp (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151829598) apparently emerged from these same galls, before any of this species had emerged. Images of dissected gall included.
Collected from a beat sheet of Malva assurgentiflora. Images by Leah C. Makler.
Collected from an annual and perennial grassland via pan trap. Images by Kathy H. Bower.
Collected from a beat sheet of Calystegia macrostegia ssp. amplissima. Images by Helen M. Noroian.
Collected from a beat sheet of Acmispon argophyllus var. argenteus. Images by Helen M. Noroian.
First image is mislabeled as ...5167 but is actually ...5368.
Collected from a beat sheet of Castilleja grisea. Images by Helen M. Noroian.
Collected from a beat sheet of Calystegia macrostegia ssp. amplissima. Images by Helen M. Noroian.