Large orangeish bee

very active, hanging out (and sparring with) with wool carder bees

comments (4)

Christine Young

Lion

This is just a guess, but when I saw this photo, I thought Megachile latimanus because of the super fuzzy front legs. That might be an eastern species, though. There's also Megachile perihirta. But, both are just guesses as I suck at bee ID. Posted 3 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  Every time I put a Megachile bee up at BugGuide, it seems to come back as perhita, so that’s not a bad guess. Last time I asked the person who made the ID how they knew, but I have yet to hear back. There must be something distinctive- they don’t seem to need a ton of angles to tell, but it remains a mystery to me.. Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Interesting! All I know is that they usually have large mandibles and some(or all?) males have super hairy, whitish front legs. I would love to know how they distinguish them, though. Maybe wing cells? Posted 3 years ago

Patomarazul

Lion

Just lovely! Posted 3 years ago

No species identified

The species on this photo is not identified yet. When signed in, you can identify species on photos that you uploaded. If you have earned the social image editing capability, you can also identify species on photos uploaded by others.

By morpheme

Uploaded Aug 11, 2022. Captured Aug 9, 2022 15:03 in 3021 16th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144, USA.

country flag of United States of America

Explore United States of America 39,960 9,642 8

X-E2
f/13.0
1/500s
ISO800
80mm

Captured in the summer. More summer photos.