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Field Notes

Description:

less than 1cm. long, hymenoptera. flies into small holes in wood, presumably lays an egg and then plugs hole with some form or wood pulp

Habitat:

wood door frame

Notes:

Is it a bee or wasp?

Species ID Suggestions

Leafcutter bee

Chelostoma sp.

Reference Link
BugEric
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Comments (5)
brettpim
Do you think Ceratina is also a possibility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratinini
Juan DiTrani
Hi Brett. This is a Megachilid bee. It's impossible to be sure about the genus. Maybe Chelostoma
brettpim
It is quite similar but I would say mine is not so hairy.
Mark Ridgway
It looks similar to this one brett ?... http://bugguide.net/node/view/280919

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PublishedJuly 8, 2012

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