A Small Selection of Los Angeles Area Pollinators

Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera 1
Valley Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa varipuncta 2
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii 3
Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus 4
Nomada suavis
Nomada suavis 5
Anthophora urbana
Anthophora urbana 6
Sonoran Bumble Bee
Bombus sonorus 2
Honey-tailed Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon melliventris 2
California Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa californica 7
California Bumble Bee
Bombus californicus 8
Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa tabaniformis 9
Black-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus melanopygus 10
Xeromelecta californica
Xeromelecta californica 11
Texas Striped Sweat Bee
Agapostemon texanus 10
Crotch's Bumble Bee
Bombus crotchii 5
Diadasia bituberculata
Diadasia bituberculata 12
Lasioglossum sisymbrii
Lasioglossum sisymbrii 13
California Anthophora
Anthophora californica 14
Monarch
Danaus plexippus 15
Fiery Skipper
Hylephila phyleus 16
Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae 17
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna 18
Marine Blue
Leptotes marina 14
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin 19
Green Fig Beetle
Cotinis mutabilis 20
Mourning Cloak
Nymphalis antiopa 21
Cabbage White
Pieris rapae 22
Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus 23
Umber Skipper
Poanes melane 9
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui 24
White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata 25
Guinea Paper Wasp
Polistes exclamans 26
Oblique Stripetail
Allograpta obliqua 27
European Paper Wasp
Polistes dominula
Volupial Mint Moth
Pyrausta volupialis 28
Margined Calligrapher
Toxomerus marginatus 29
Western Yellowjacket
Vespula pensylvanica 30
Black-and-yellow Mud Dauber Wasp
Sceliphron caementarium 22
Band-eyed Drone Fly
Eristalinus taeniops 22
Thick-legged Hoverfly
Syritta pipiens 22
Mexican Cactus Fly
Copestylum mexicanum 31
Banded Alder Borer
Rosalia funebris 32
Judolia sexspilota
Judolia sexspilota 33
Bird Hover Fly
Eupeodes volucris 16
Fazia micrura
Fazia micrura 34
Xylotrechus nauticus
Xylotrechus nauticus 31
California Prionus
Prionus californicus 35
Strophiona tigrina
Strophiona tigrina 36
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  • 3. (c) Sean McCann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 4. (c) Steve Wells, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steve Wells
  • 5. (c) Rebecca Marschall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Rebecca Marschall
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  • 13. (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Mlodinow
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  • 16. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda
  • 17. (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 18. (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Greg Lasley
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  • 20. (c) ilya, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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  • 22. (c) Marcello Consolo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 23. (c) Jason M Crockwell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jason M Crockwell
  • 24. (c) dloarie, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by dloarie
  • 25. (c) Hildeberto Martinez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Hildeberto Martinez
  • 26. (c) Steve Kerr, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steve Kerr
  • 27. (c) Michael Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 28. (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
  • 29. (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Denis Doucet
  • 30. (c) Eugene Zelenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
  • 31. (c) icosahedron, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by icosahedron
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  • 36. (c) James Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Bailey

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