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Bees of Chicago Wilderness

Lets track pollinators at the Chicago Wilderness during the lockdown: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/tracking-pollinators

Western Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Eastern Carpenter Bee 2
Xylocopa virginica
Golden Northern Bumble Bee 3
Bombus fervidus
Bumble Bees 4
Bombus
Two-spotted Bumble Bee 5
Bombus bimaculatus
Agile Long-horned Bee 6
Melissodes agilis
Two-spotted Longhorn Bee 3
Melissodes bimaculata
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee 7
Megachile rotundata
Sculptured Resin Bee 8
Megachile sculpturalis
American Bumble Bee 9
Bombus pensylvanicus
Common Little Leaf-cutter Bee 10
Megachile brevis
Pruinose Squash Bee 11
Peponapis pruinosa
European Wool Carder Bee 12
Anthidium manicatum
Pure Green Sweat Bee 13
Augochlora pura
Green Metallic Sweat Bee 14
Augochloropsis metallica
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 15
Agapostemon virescens
Common Eastern Bumble Bee 16
Bombus impatiens
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 17
Bombus griseocollis
Blue Orchard Bee 18
Osmia lignaria
Hornfaced Bee 19
Osmia cornifrons
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee 20
Bombus affinis
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee 21
Megachile centuncularis
Oblong Woolcarder Bee 22
Anthidium oblongatum
Orange-legged Furrow Bee
Halictus rubicundus
Wilke's Mining Bee 23
Andrena wilkella
Half-black Bumble Bee 24
Bombus vagans
Golden Sweat Bee 14
Augochlorella aurata
Abrupt Digger Bee 25
Anthophora abrupta
Northern Amber Bumble Bee 26
Bombus borealis
Red-belted Bumble Bee 27
Bombus rufocinctus
Ligated Furrow Bee 28
Halictus ligatus
Silky Striped Sweat Bee 29
Agapostemon sericeus
Eastern Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee 6
Colletes simulans armatus
Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee 17
Colletes simulans
Allegheny Mining Bee 30
Andrena alleghaniensis
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee 31
Megachile pugnata
Orange-tipped Wood-digger Bee 32
Anthophora terminalis
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee 33
Bombus auricomus
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee 20
Bombus citrinus
Notch-backed Cellophane-cuckoo Bee
Epeolus scutellaris
Articulated Cuckoo Nomad Bee
Nomada articulata
Eight-spotted Miner Bee 14
Perdita octomaculata
Neighborly Mining Bee
Andrena vicina
Nason's Mining Bee 23
Andrena nasonii
Miserable Mining Bee
Andrena miserabilis
Milwaukee Mining Bee
Andrena milwaukeensis
Hairy-banded Mining Bee 29
Andrena hirticincta
Sunflower Mining Bee 10
Andrena helianthi
Frigid Mining Bee 17
Andrena frigida
Spring Beauty Mining Bee 34
Andrena erigeniae
Dunning's Mining Bee 35
Andrena dunningi
Carlin's Mining Bee
Andrena carlini
Nomada luteoloides
Imbricate Cuckoo Nomad Bee 6
Nomada imbricata
Unequal Cellophane Bee 36
Colletes inaequalis
Modest Masked Bee
Hylaeus modestus
Slender-faced Masked Bee
Hylaeus leptocephalus
Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee 8
Agapostemon splendens
Cyclops Cuckoo Sweat Bee 37
Sphecodes heraclei
Viereck's Sweat Bee 6
Lasioglossum vierecki
Hairy Sweat Bee 23
Lasioglossum pilosum
Parallel-striped Sweat Bee 37
Halictus parallelus
Confusing Furrow Bee 10
Halictus confusus
Distinct Mason Bee 30
Osmia distincta
Bufflehead Mason Bee 7
Osmia bucephala
Silver-tailed Petalcutter Bee 7
Megachile montivaga
Broad-handed Leaf-cutter Bee 38
Megachile latimanus
Small-handed Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile gemula
Common Long-horned Bee 9
Melissodes communis
Northern Rotund-resin Bee 39
Anthidiellum notatum
Norton's Alkali Bee 40
Nomia nortoni
Sunflower Sweat Bee 6
Dieunomia heteropoda
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 41
Megachile inimica
Two-banded Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 42
Epeolus bifasciatus
Louisiana Cuckoo Carder Bee 43
Stelis louisae
Melissodes communis communis 30
Megachile inimica sayi 44
Sphecodes heraclei heraclei 37
Dark-winged Sweat Bee 45
Lasioglossum fuscipenne
Tooth-bellied Long-horned Bee 10
Melissodes dentiventris
Megachile fortis 42
Yellow-faced Miner Bee 42
Andrena aliciae
Xylocopa virginica virginica 46
Nimble Carpenter Bee 14
Ceratina strenua
Nude Mining Bee 30
Andrena nuda
Bequaert's Fairy Bee 30
Perdita bequaerti
Sumac Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 30
Epeolus lectoides
Lunate Longhorn-Cuckoo 47
Triepeolus lunatus
Anchor-marked Cuckoo Nomad Bee 48
Triepeolus remigatus
Obliterated Cuckoo Nomad Bee 31
Nomada obliterata
Anthidium psoraleae 30
Bellflower Resin Bee 7
Megachile campanulae
Chelostoma philadelphi 6
British Black Honey Bee 49
Apis mellifera mellifera
Pseudoanthidium nanum
Megachile pugnata pugnata 15
Coneflower Mining Bee 7
Andrena rudbeckiae
Anthidiellum notatum notatum 50
Nomada vegana 51
Two-spotted Long-horned Bee 52
Melissodes bimaculatus

Edited by Renata Leite Pitman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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