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Dwarf Carpenter Bee (Male)

Ceratina smaragdula

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Field Notes

Description:

Ceratina smaragdula (Fabricius, 1787), of family Apidae, subfamily Xylocopinae, tribe Ceratinini, subgenus Pithitis. This is a small green carpenter bee, about 9-10mm in size, aptly called Dwarf Carpenter Bee.

Habitat:

Backyard garden, spotted on a Yellow Alder flower.

Notes:

I've mistakenly IDd this before as a Halictid Bee.

Reference:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54563451@N08/7370069110
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search…
http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/26007/PHES3…
http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/148857
http://beesind.com/beesind2/ceratina.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15583580@N08/2938043948

Reference Links:

Indian Bee - Ceratina smaragdula - Overview, Ceratina smaragdula - -- Discover Life

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
AgnesAdiqueTalavera
I've mistakenly IDd this before as a green Halictid Bee, but I finally found a matching image, and it turned out to be a green Dwarf Carpenter Bee. My other spotting was corrected by Juan DiTrani as a Megachild Bee (Leafcutter Bee), and I was comparing my spotting with the Andrenid Bee (Mining Bee) before Juan's correction. I'm still confuse, but I'm glad I got two corrected IDs of these wonderful busy bees. :)

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PublishedJuly 13, 2013

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