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A Small Selection of Los Angeles Area Pollinators

Western Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Valley Carpenter Bee 2
Xylocopa varipuncta
Yellow-faced Bumble Bee 3
Bombus vosnesenskii
Ligated Furrow Bee 4
Halictus ligatus
Nomada suavis 5
Anthophora urbana 6
Sonoran Bumble Bee 2
Bombus sonorus
Honey-tailed Striped Sweat Bee 2
Agapostemon melliventris
California Carpenter Bee 7
Xylocopa californica
California Bumble Bee 8
Bombus californicus
Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee 9
Xylocopa tabaniformis
Black-tailed Bumble Bee 10
Bombus melanopygus
Xeromelecta californica 11
Texas Striped Sweat Bee 10
Agapostemon texanus
Crotch's Bumble Bee 5
Bombus crotchii
Diadasia bituberculata 12
Lasioglossum sisymbrii 13
California Anthophora 14
Anthophora californica
Monarch 15
Danaus plexippus
Fiery Skipper 16
Hylephila phyleus
Gulf Fritillary 17
Agraulis vanillae
Marine Blue 14
Leptotes marina
Green Fig Beetle 18
Cotinis mutabilis
Mourning Cloak 19
Nymphalis antiopa
Cabbage White 20
Pieris rapae
Gray Hairstreak 21
Strymon melinus
Umber Skipper 9
Poanes melane
Painted Lady 22
Vanessa cardui
White-lined Sphinx 23
Hyles lineata
Guinea Paper Wasp 24
Polistes exclamans
Oblique Stripetail 25
Allograpta obliqua
European Paper Wasp
Polistes dominula
Volupial Mint Moth 26
Pyrausta volupialis
Margined Calligrapher 27
Toxomerus marginatus
Western Yellowjacket 28
Vespula pensylvanica
Black-and-yellow Mud Dauber Wasp 20
Sceliphron caementarium
Band-eyed Drone Fly 20
Eristalinus taeniops
Thick-legged Hoverfly 20
Syritta pipiens
Mexican Cactus Fly 29
Copestylum mexicanum
Banded Alder Borer 30
Rosalia funebris
Judolia sexspilota 31
Bird Hover Fly 16
Eupeodes volucris
Fazia micrura 32
Xylotrechus nauticus 29
California Prionus 33
Prionus californicus
Strophiona tigrina 34

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