California Mason Bee

Osmia californica

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae

Osmia californica is a megachilid bee, or mason bee. Native to North America, the mason bees are important pollinators, with O. california pollinating over 33 genera from 13 plant families.

Distribution

California Mason Bee — (c) Joel Gardner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 172Canada · 20

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Joel Gardner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionOsmia californica, Wikipedia contributors

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