More BC Native bees and other things, posted to BC Native Bees 2019 project.
Spent several hours adding all the rest of the photos for the project. Used my iPhone, which didn't do too badly, substituting in because the shutter on the Rebel T3 isn't working.
Observations
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Subgenus XanthosarusObserver
wenatcheebDescription
Male with mustache, hairy front tarsi
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Dot-tailed Whiteface (Leucorrhinia intacta)Observer
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It was sitting in the area where the cattle have a small fenced space to reach the lake water.
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All-blue Shortface (Dufourea holocyanea)Observer
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Male longhorned bee sunning on Snowberry leaf.
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Half-black Bumble Bee (Bombus vagans)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Might be the B. rufocinctus we saw, hard to be sure.
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
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Has small pale blaze in center of face.
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Confusing Furrow Bee (Halictus confusus)Observer
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On sunny beach.
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Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)Observer
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On sunny beach, on the gravel/sand.
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Cellophane-cuckoo Bees (Genus Epeolus)Observer
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Cuckoo bee
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Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctus)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Home garden, eastern hillside of Penticton.
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Fusca-group Field Ants (Complex Formica fusca)Observer
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Ant, probably with a Snowberry bee. This was in the bees nesting area.
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Short-faced Bees (Genus Dufourea)Observer
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Snowberry bee.
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Western Thatching Ant (Formica obscuripes)Observer
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Red ant, probably with a Snowberry bee.
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Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)Observer
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Snowberry bee nesting area
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Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Other bees were nesting among the snowberry bees. Grass photo shows wider view of area.
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Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)Observer
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There were two different sizes of bees and their tunnels in this area.
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European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)Observer
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Saw several of these perching on top of the yarrow heads.
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Fairy Bees (Genus Perdita)Observer
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Might be the perdita. There were a lot of them in the area.
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Fairy Bees (Genus Perdita)Observer
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Males in Ocean Spray.
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Subgenus PyrobombusObserver
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Cropping made this blurry, but maybe someone in group remembers which bee this was?
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Bush Penstemon (Penstemon fruticosus)Observer
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Somewhere along road into Burnell Lake, rocky area.
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
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Garden, east hillside. Might be on cilantro?
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Bumble Bees (Genus Bombus)Observer
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Rufocinctus? In Xeric garden.
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Bumble Bees (Genus Bombus)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Brown crescent like b. griseocollis, but whider thorax like a B. rufocintus (don't know if they have this color morph).
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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Watched this duck cross the street. When she got to the center yellow line she stopped. A big truck came up, and it also stopped. Then she finished crossing in front of the truck.
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Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)Observer
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Learned these are biennials.
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Ferns (Class Polypodiopsida)Observer
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Dried out, sunny spot.
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Silverleaf Phacelia (Phacelia hastata)Observer
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Finished blooming, seeds formed.
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Genus MecaphesaObserver
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Legs spread, ready to catch prey.
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Columbines and Meadow-Rues (Subfamily Thalictroideae)Observer
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Reminds me of columbine leaves. Drying out.
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Paper Wasps (Subfamily Polistinae)Observer
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In duff beneath Ponderosa Pine.
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Short-faced Bees (Genus Dufourea)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
2nd day watching Snowberry bees fly over nests. There were so many bees flying around less than a foot from the ground. They completely ignored us.
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Common Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)Observer
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Next to area where we found the lysomachia.
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Hound's-Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)Observer
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Next to bugloss, road where we found the yellow loosestrife.
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Skin Beetles (Family Dermestidae)Observer
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For the round beetles that aren't the tumble beetles.
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Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)Observer
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At nature area, with small lake. End of the day side trip.
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Curlycup Gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa)Observer
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Along edge of lake.
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Common Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)Observer
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Non-native? Growing in nature area.
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Common Blue Lettuce (Lactuca pulchella)Observer
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Nature area, near lake.
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Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctus)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Wet bee, sleeping under a leaky Bachelor's button.
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Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctus)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Wet bee, slept under leaky Bachelor's Button.
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Ocean Spray (Holodiscus discolor)Observer
wenatcheebDescription
Flowers at full bloom.
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Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)Observer
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Seeds formed, leaves drying out.
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