Notes on Bees and Flowers from Colorado Springs
November 2006
Insects play an important part in flower propagation as any gardener will
tell you. When it comes to knowing which insect pollinator visits which
flower, however, most gardeners confess their ignorance. I have wondered
myself where to find the answer and decided to visit garden centers and
nurseries and keep notes about my observations. After all, a note book
in my desk drawer doesnt do any good, and putting these notes onto a
website
doesnt require too much additional effort. The garden has two distinct
advantages vis-a-vis wildflowers on the range:
1) A gardener hopefully has marked the names of his plants correctly,
2) The concentration of garden flowers hopefully attracts more insects.
As you will notice from my notes below, there are many blanks to fill
which I want you, the reader in the know, to fill, if you can. I also
want you to start your own notebook of observations in your home area and
make this info available on your website. Maybe we can all learn. This
is especially true for garden clubs and bee keepers who should make a
special effort to compile databases of flower visiting insects in their
areas. Some may say, how can he put this meager information onto the web?
Well, I often feel like the one-eyed Cyclops among the blind who may know
even less on flowers and their insect visitors. If you know more about
this topic than I thought, let us all know, PLEASE.
Abbreviations:
arol = arolia
{hy} = honey-yellow wing stigma
h-thx - head-thorax
abd = abdomen(al)
abb = abdom. bands
tsc = tibial scopa
jbsc = jelly-belly scopa (in Megachilidae)
sl. = slighly
L = body length in mm
w/ = with
w/o = without
(a,b,c) = size ranking of cub. wing cells
SmokyWT = smoky wing tips
SmokyW = smoky wings
Notes on Bees and Flowers from Colorado Springs
Mar 6
2002:Bear Creek Park: No flowers,no insects,no bees;
Mar 31
2002:3-4 p.m., Bear Creek Park: No flowers,no insects,no bees,
except one whitish Lep,probably Pieris sisymbrii
Apr 4
2005:Deerfield Hills
Prunus tomentosa - Nanking Cherry
Apis mf.
Apr 7
2005:Deerfield Hills
On Prunus tomentosa - Nanking Cherry
Apis mf.
Bombus huntii, queen
On Taraxacum officinale:
Apis mf;
Heteropteron,Anthocorid, L=4mm
Apr 11
2003:Prunus tomentosa - Nanking Cherry - Deerfield Hills -my backyard:
Apis mf.
Apr 12
2004:4 p.m. Deerfield Hills Rd. - my backyard
Taraxacum officinale - Dandelion:
Dipt.:Thricops sp.,L=4mm;black [:o=3K],flat abd w/dark central line
maroon eyes,yellow halteres
Dipt:Calliphorid fly,Phaenicia sericata,L=8mm,[:o=3K45degr],shiny green
Dipt.2 more unidentifieds;
Apis mf.
Apr 14
2004:11 a.m. - Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Taraxacum officinale:
Dipt.Tachinid;:L=9mm,[:s=3K,45degr],stripes on thx,orange apex.
Apr 14
2001:Forsythia:
Muscid? 8mm,red eyes,[:o:3]
Muscid? 9mm,bright spot on thorax,yellowish abdomen [:o=)]
Black fly,5mm,[:o=)]
Black fly,2mm,[:o:)]
Blackish fly,6mm,2 whitish lateral spot on abd,black eyes[:o=)K]
No Apoidea.
Apr 14
2001:Bear Creak Park,morning:Pulsatilla patens - Pasque Flower:
Syrphid w/black abd,4 abd bands,8mm,anterior band cut
Andrena sp.,8mm,black abd ,no apical fasciae
Black fly,2mm
Apr 16
2006:on Salix irrorata-Bluestem Willow, Bear Creek Park
Andrena albihirta,L=9-10mm,SmokyWT,fem,{br}
Andrena pyrrhacita,f,L=13mm,SmokyW;black abd;
Andrena salictaria?,f,L=8mm,3abb weak,{hy},pyg.triangle black
Eveylaus sp1,L=6.5,f
Evylaeus sp2,L=7mm,f
Lasioglossum sisymbrii,L=8,5mm
On Rhus trilobata:
Lasioglossum paraforbesii,L=8mm,SmokyW;3abb on T2T3T4,2 strong,1 weak.
Bombus hubtii; Apis mf.
Apr 16
2005:Bear Creek Park, 3-4 pm
On Salix irrorata - Bluestem Willow
Andrena albihirta, L=11mm,(1,3,2),2To,whitish hair,fsc,tsc
Dipt:Epalpus signifer,black,L=11mm,[:ox<],hairy,white triangle-black apex;
lobed ant;
Apr 16
2004:10 a.m. - Fountain Creek Park
On Taraxacum officinale:
Evylaeus (cinctipes?),L=8mm,all black, white clyp spot "compressed diamond".
Evylaeus sp.,L=6mm,all black,(1,3,2)
On ground between Taraxacum officinale:
Cimbicid: Zaraea americana,L=10mm, club ant;(1,2)
On Ribes aureus: Polistes dominulus
Apr 17
2002:Bear Creek, Salix irrorata - Bluestem Willow:
Andrena mariae,(1,3,2),9mm,arol,reddish abd,{hy}stigma;
Apr 17
2002,11 am: Clear Spring Pk: Prunus americanus = Amer.Plum:
1) 3-4 different Diptera
2) dozens of Apis mf
3) Nomada lepida,L=6mm,3c.(1,2=3),red abd,2 abd side spots,
red legs and antennae,arolia?all-black notum,smoky wing tips;
h-thx w/o yellow;
4) Andrena crataegi,L=13mm,slightly smoky wing tips,black abd,arolia,
notum hair white-black-white (black band between wings), (1,3,2)
Apr 18
2005:Bear Creek Park, 3-4 pm
On Rhus trilobata and Salix irrorata:
Lasioglossum trizonatum,L=9mm,(1,2=3),2T+.all black,bent-down apex, arol,
can climb glass jar,weak 3abb,{hy}
Dipt:black,L=9mm,[:ox)]
Dipt:Epalpus signifer;white triangle on abd;
Apr 20
2005:Bear Creek Park, 10-11am
On Salix irrorata - Blue-stem Willow:
Evylaeus cinctipes arcuatus,(1,2=3),L=11mm,all black,weak 3abb,furrow,
{hy},tsc,
Andrena mariae sphecodiana,orange apex
Bumbus huntii; Dipt:Epalpus signifer, white triangle on rump;
On Cercocarpus montanus - Mt.Mahogany:
Vanessa atalanta;
On Ribes cereus - Wax Currant:
Vanessa atalanta; Glaucopsyche - Silvery Blue?
Dipt:Bombylius, hover-sipping
Apr 23
2005:1 p.m. Sonderman Park
On Taraxacum officinale:
Halictus rubicundus,L=11mm,(1,3,2),2To,4abb,reddish 3legs,SmokyWT,
{hy}stigma,furrowd apex;
Halictus rubicundes.L=10mm, same as above;
Halictus ligatus,L=8mm,(1,3,2),2To,{hy},sl.SmokyWT;
Evylaeus arcuatus,L=5mm,all black,(1,2=3),2+,{hy},furrowed apex;
Apr 24
2003:Malus x lemoinei - Crab Apple:
Apis mf
Apr 27
2006: Fountain Creek Park,on Taraxacum officinale:
Osmia calla,L=9mm,female,weak greenish all over.
Apr 27
2004:5 pm - Deerfield Hills - my backyard:
Bombus morrisoni, L=27mm, queen, caught in the house
black and gold-yellow notum-abd; B-NotumYYY-TergaYYYYBB,black wings;
May 1
2002:Fountain Creek Park: Crab Apple - Malus (White flower):
1) Apis mf
2) Pieris (rapae?)
3) Agapostemon virescens,L=11mm,arolia,pygidial furrow,green h-thx,
black abd w/5 grey abd bands;.3c.(1,3,2)
4) Sphecid:Podalonia (occidentalis),L=13mm,(1,2=3),black w/red-black abd;
arolia, waist!
5) Stenodynerus?(Eumenid?),L=7mm,black w/1+5 bright yellow abd bands,(1,2=3)
white postnotum;white tegula;black femur,yellow legs;arolia;white face;
2 white dots on pronotum;1 lateral dot before and behind first abd band;
6) Evylaeus?,L=5mm,(1,3,2);black w/4 white abd bands;pygidial furrow;arol;
7) Grey Hemipteron, shield bug?
May 5
2005:Bear Creek Park, 2-3 pm
On Taraxacum officinale:
Evylaeus arcuatus,L=7mm,(1,3,2),2+;all black,{hy},arolia,
Andrena crataegi,L=13mm,(1,3,2),c3=2c2;2To;weak 4abb;white hair on thx;
{hy} SmokyWT;
On Rhus trilobata:
Evylaeus arcuatus,L=7.5mm,(1,3,2);2+;pyg.furrow,2+2abb;sl.SmokyWT;aro l,{hy}
Andrena melanochroa,L=8mm,(1,3,2),c3=2c3;{hy},sl.SmokyWT;3btars<3tib ia
Andrena nuda,L=10mm,(1,3,2),2To,c3=2c2,{hy},sl.SmokyWT;
Dipt:Epalpus signifer,black,hairy,white triangle on rump
Col:Coccinella 9notata; Hym:Polistes dominulus
On Ribes cereum - Wax Currant:
Bombus huntii, Bombylius major, moth
May 6
2005:Sonderman Park, 2 p.m.
On Prunus americanus:
Andrena melanochroa,L=9mm,{hy},(1,3,2),2To,sl.SmokyWT
Andrena melanochroa,L=10mm
On Malus - Crab Apple:
Apis mf, Bombus huntii
On Lesquerella ludovicianus - Silky Bladderpod:
Bombus huntii (Red-saddle Bumble Bee)
On Taraxacum offinicale - Dandelion:
Apis mf; Andrena melanochroa;
Evylaeus arcuatus, L=7.5mm, all black, (1,3,2), 2+,{hy}
Dipt.(2 sp.)
May 7
2005:Fountain Creek Park, 3 p.m.
On Taraxacum officinale - Dandalion:
Tachinid fly [:sx3],lobed ant, wing angle 45Degr
Evylaeus cinctipes?,L=7.5mm,4abb,furrow,{hy} (1,3,2),2+,black legs
w/white rings
On Malus:
Apis mf; Bombus huntii;
On Ribes aureum - Golden Currant:
Bombus huntii
On Cardaria draba - White-top Cress:
Dipt:Syrphid Fly; Hemipteron: L=5mm; Brown Moth:L=5mm;
May 7
2004:10 am - Sonderman Park
On Taraxacum officinale:
Bombus huntii, queen
Apis mf
Tenthrenid: Hoplocampa(Dolerus?) sp., L=4mm, 2marginal cells, (2,1),
all black.
May 12
2004:10 am - Sonderman Park
Andrena crataegi,L=12mm,(1,3,2),brown stigma,black,arol,weak abd bands on
Prunus americana.
Andrena melanochroa,L=10mm,(1,3,2) brown, 3 white abd bands,last abd band
reddish: on Prunus virginiana.
Bombus huntii on Astragalus drummondi
Apis mf on Rhus trilobata
Apis mf on Lonicera tatarica
May 13
2006:At Sondermann Park
On Prunus americanus - Amer.Plum:
Andrena,L=11mm
On Taraxacum officinale - Dandelion:
Halictus,L=7mm; Osmia calla,L=7.5mm; Lasioglossum,L=6mm;
May 14
2003:Garden-of-the Gods,Ribes aureus - Grossulariac.:
Andrena crataegi,L=13mm,(3,1,2),all black,arolia, sl.smoky wing tips,
shiny black abd.,white on black scopa
Apis mf on Boulder Raspberry - Rubus deliciousus, Rosac.
May 14
2001:Senecio integerrimus - Spring Senecio:
Sphecodes sp.,9mm,[=o=)]
Syrphid.
May 14
2001:Prunus virginiana - Choke Cherry:
Andrena sp.,12mm [=o=)], yellowish scopa
Micrandrena, 7mm
Ants - Formicids
May 14
2001:Descouraina sophia - Tansy Mustard:
Micrandrena sp.,5 mm
ants
May 14
2001:Bear Creek Park:Rhus trilobata - Trilobed Sumac:
Syrphid fly?
May 14
2001:Bear Creek Park:Quercus gambelii - Scrub Oak:
Bee, 9mm
May 14
2001:Bear Creek Park:Hackelia floribunda:
Ceratina sp.?, green abd, 9mm
May 14
2001:Bear Creek Park:Acer glabrum - RM Maple:
Andrena sp., 7mm [=o=)]
Anthophora sp.?black, 14mm
Chrysis sp.? turquois green, 11mm
May 14
2001:Bear Creek Park: on sandy ground:
Anthophorid?, bitten by jumping spider?L=12mm,W=4.5mm,2+1 brown bands on blac
curved down abdomen
May 14
2001:Alliaria officinalis - Garlic Mustard:
Hymenopt.Ichneumonidae?,4mm, petioled waist,[>o:)]
Micrandrena?
Agapostemon?10mm, glossy green thorax,yellow scopa, [=o=)]
Andrena sp.,black,8mm
Bombylius major, hover-sipping,11mm,long proboscis
Agapostemon sp.,10mm, 5 yellow abd bands;
May 17
2006:At Sonderman Park:
On Lonicera tatarica - Tataric Honeysuckle:
Osmia calla,L=7.5mm (m) and L=9mm (f); Apis mf.; Bombus huntii
At Trailhead 16 - Old Goldcamp Road: on Rhus trilobata - Trilobed Sumac:
Sphecodes sophiae,L=7.5mm, all-red abd; Apis mf;Epalpus signifer;
Andrena carlini,L=10mm,shiny black abd,smokyW;
Nomada lepida,fem,L=9mm,3s-sp yellow,black h-thx,SmokyWT;2x
Andrena carolini,fem,L=10mm,shiny black abd,SmokyWT;
Ceratina neomexicana,fem,L=7mm
Sonderman Park, on Prunus americanus - Amer.Plum:Bombus rufocinctus
May 17
2004: 9 - 10 am - Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
Megachile parallela,L=14mm, (1=2),no arolia, gold-yellow jbsc,SmokyWT,
white lateral hairband on thx,white abd bands on T1T2T3,black T4T5T6
on Astragalus drummondi;
Osmia calla,L=9mm,fem,arolia,all shiny dark blue,black jbsc,
on Penstemon secundiflorum;
Evylaeus (cinctipes?),L=6mm,(1,3,2),all black, on Taraxacum officinale
Nomada utahensis,(m) L=8mm,(1,2=3),wasp-like,dark w/6 yellow abd bands,
top-notched, yellow side spots on T3T4T5,black h-thx w/o yellow;SmokyWT,
on Prunus virginiana;
At Starsmore:Apis mf on Prunus virginiana, Lonicera tatarica, Euonymus,
Rubus deliciosus
May 20
2006:Sonderman Park on Prunus virginiana - Chokecherry:
Bombus huntii (Q); Bombus morrisoni; Dialictus,L=3.8mm,red abd;
Trailhead 16 on Prunus virginiana - Chokecherry:
Mordella,L=5mm;
Stelis lateralis,fem,L=5mm (2x)
Evylaeus sp.,L=5mm,L=6mm,L=8mm
Evylaeus sp.,L=5mm,L=6mm,L=8mm
May 20
2005, 9-11 a.m.: Goldcamp Rd - Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Astragalus drummondi - White Milkvetch:
Osmia calla,L=7mm,L=7mm,(1=2),dark blue,arolia
Bombus pennsylvanicus (queen & male); Syrphid Fly;
On Lesquerella ludoviciana - Silvery Bladderpod:
Melecta pacifica fulvida,L=13mm,(1,3,2),black,1 abd band on T1 weak in center
brown hair on notum & T1;all BLACK on T2T3T4T5T6;sl.smoky wing tips;
On Mertensia lanceolata - Chiming Bell: Osmia?, dark blue
On Taraxacum offinicale - Dandelion:
Evylaeus (pectoraloides?),L=5mm,(1,3,2),2+ vein crossing,2abd bands
Evylaeus (pectoraloides?),L=6mm,(1,3,2),2+,3abd bands,{hy}
Bruchiid Beetle,Anthraxia sp.,L=6mm;dark
May 21
2005, 9-11 a.m.: Goldcamp Rd - Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Rhus trilobata:
Nomada collinsiana,L=8mm,(1,3,2),2To,SmokyWT;all RED,red ant,red 3notum,
red 2notum w/o yellow and w/black central stripe;up to 4 yellow abd
side spots on T3T4T5T6;black 3coxa;
Evylaeus (arcuatus?),L=7mm,(1,3,2),2+ vein crossing,{hy},all shiny black
w/2+2 abd bands,pyg.furrow;
Apis mf;
On Penstemon angustifolia - Narrow-leafed Penstemon:
Osmia calla,L=8mm,(1=3,2), all dark blue;
Ashmeadiella bucconis denticulata?,L=9mm,(1=2),SmokyWT;all black,arolia,
5 white abd bands gradually vanishing at center of T1T2;
May 21
2005, 9-11 a.m.: Goldcamp Rd - Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus:
Hemopteron - plant bug;L=3mm
On Penstemon secundiflorum:
Panurginus sp.,L=4mm,(1=2),{hy} wing stigma,black face w/o marks;
white 3femoral scopae and ventral S1S2S3;
May 21
2003-2:15 pm. Section 16 (Foothills);Prunus virginiana - Choke Cherry:
Nomada sayi,L=6mm,(1,2=3),SmokyWT,red abd,2 large+2 small yellow
spots on T2T3,red marks on notum,red tarsi,ant missing.
Nomada lepida,L=8mm,(1,2=3),SmokyWT,red abd,2large+2small yellow
spots on T2T3, red ant,arol,2 red spots on notum
Nomada utahensis,L=8mm,(1,2=3),black,SmokyWT,6 yellow dorsal bands WIDE
top-notched band on T2;yclyp;F1=F2;5yellow sternal bands;scape frontyellow
Nomada collinsiana,L=7mm,(1,2=3),SmokyWT,arol,all red,
4 small yellow abd side spots;
Sphecodes sophiae,L=6mm,(1,3,2),SmokyWT,black h-thx,all-red abd
10 flagmeres,F1<2F2;
May 21
2002:Deerfield Hills - Linum (Garden Blue Flax):
Bombus (huntii?) queen, 10 a.m. (very shy)
At Union Av Church lot, on Prunus virginiana-Chokecherry, 2 pm:
Andrena (candidiformis?),L=8mm,(1,3,2),arol,black w/2 white abd bands;
white facial foveae;white scopa;
Evylaeus sp.,L=6mm;arol;all black;(1,3,2);pygidial furrow;
Asterac.,Senecio integerrimus - Spring Senecio:
Osmia (calla?),L=8mm,all blue-green,.2c.(1=2),arol,
May 23
2006:Trailhead 16 on Rhus trilobata - Trilobed Sumac:
Stelis lateralis,fem,L=5.5mm; same male,=6mm
Hoplitis pilosifrons,make,L=7mm
red Braconid wasp,L=10mm
Nomada modesta,L=7mm,fem,scape yellow in front;
Ceratina neomexicana,male,L=6mm,L=6.5mm,2x,white face marks
Tachinid fly,L=11mm,black
Amblyteles, Ichmeumonid,L=10mm
May 23
2003-8:45 am. Sec16 Trail;Prunus virginiana - Choke Cherry:
Andrena (illinoiensis?) ,L=8mm;(1,3,2),all black,whitish scopa;
Nomada (collinsiana?),L=7mm,(1,2=3),smoky wing tips,red abd w/4 yellow spots
each side of T2T3T4T5;3 red spots on black notum;
Nomada martinella,L=8mm,(1,3,2),smoky wing-tips;black h-thx,black ant,
red abd except black T1;
On Senecio integerrimus - Spring Senecio, Asterac.:
Heminomada,L=8mm,(1,3,2),smoky wing tips,all black h-thx,
red ant,all red abd w/4 small yellow spots on side of T2-T5,3 red spots
on notum;
May 23
2002:Ranunculuas repens - Creeping buttercup,Fountain Creek Park:
Apis mf.
On Prunus virginiana - Choke Cherry:
Eumenes sp.,L=12mm,(1,3,2),"pet triangle",long narrow first abd segment
1 lateral yellow abd dot;black-yellow femora,yellow tibia
May 24
2005-8:30-11:30 a.m. Goldcamp Rd Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Rubus deliciosus - Boulder Raspberry:
Evylaeus aberrans?,L=5mm,(1,3,2),2T+,black w/weak 3abb;{hy},furrow
yellowish tibiae
On Penstemon angustifolium:
Osmia cobaltina bruneri,L=10,(1=2),arolia,SmokyWT;shiny blue-green;black jbsc
short hair on notum;
Osmia calla,L=7.5mm,(1=2),gray jbsc;all blue;
Evylaeus synthyridis,L=6mm,(1,3,2),2T+,all black,0abb;{black}
Halictus ligatus,L=7mm,4abb;
On Penstemon secundiflorum:
Polistes dominulus; Bombus pennsylvanicus; Bombylius sp.; Syrphid fly
May 24
2005-8:30-11:30 a.m. Goldcamp Rd Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Senecio fendleri:
Osmia (calla?),L=9mm,(1=2),orange jbsc;arolia,SmokyWT;dark blue,
1+2+2abb;
On Prunus virginiana: Apis mf;
On Rhus trilobata: Halictus ligatus,L=7mm,black w/white 4abb;furrow;
On Cercocarpus montanus:Syrphid fly;
On Erysimum asperum:Leps:Vanessa cardui; Echinargus isolda; Diptera
On Taraxacum officinale:
Evylaeus arcuatus,L=7mm,(1,3,2),2T+,black w/weak 2abb on T5T6;{hy}
Svastra compta,L=12mm,(1=3,2) or (1=2=3),2T+,1+4abb;sl.SmoktWT;
large orange 3tibio-barsal scopae;hairy notum;2hairy 3notal DOTS;.
May 24
2005-11:15 - 12:00 a.m. Sonderman Park
On Lonicera tatarica - Honeysuckle:
Apis mf; Bombus huntii; Bombus morrisoni (queen);
On Prunus virginiana - Chokecherry:
Apis mf; Vanessa atalanta;
On Convolvulus arvensis - Bindweed:
Evylaeus (aberrans?),L=7mm,(1,3,2),2T+,{hy},white 4abb.narrower at
center of T2T3.
May 24
2004:1 pm - Deerfield Hills - my backyard:
On Chrysanthemum leucanthemum:
Agapostemon texanum angelicum, all green
May 25
2006:Goldcamp Rd above Broadmoor Hotel
on Rubus deliciosus - Boulder deliciosus:
Osmia cobaltina bruneri,fem,L=8mm,L=9mm;
Hylaeus modestus,fem,L=5mm;male,L=4mm,4.5mm;
Halictus ligatus,male,L=6mm;
Nomada collinsiana,fem,L=7mm,BLACK 3coxae;
Clerid Beetle,L=9mm,Trichodes ornatus
May 25
2002:Lonicera tatarica - Tatarian Honeysuckle - Bear Creek Park:
Apis mf.
Fabac.,Trifolium repens - White Clover - Deerfield Hills (lawn):
Bombus fervidus (Queen)
Agapostemon texanus,L=11mm,(1,3,2);arol,blue-green,pygid.furrow,black tegula
Megachile parallela,L=11mm,(1=2),orange-yellow jbsc,smoky wing tips
Hoplitis pilosifrons,L=7.5mm,(1=2),black w/4 white lateral abb on top-fading
slightly smoky wing tips;arol;whitish jbsc;
May 25
2001:Taraxacum officinale:
Andrena sp., 12mm
Micrandrena sp., 5mm
May 26
2003:Dearfield Hills, Allium:
Dufourea sp?.,L=5mm, (1,2), all black, shiny black abd;no furrow,arol;
pointed marg cell!!;
On Fragaria - Strawberry, Rosac.:
Apis mf.
May 26
2002:Deerfield Hills. 5 p.m.:
On Viburnum prunifolium - Blackhaw
Bombus nevadensis auricomus (Queen)
On Rosac., Spirea sp.:
Evylaeus?,L=5mm, (1,3,2), pygid.furrow;black w/4 wide whitish abd bands;
May 28
2005: 1 - 2 pm: Monument Valley Park
On Allium schoenoprasum - Chives:
Apis mf;
Hoplitis pilosifrons,L=7mm;(1=2),all black w/narrow 4abb;sl.SmokyWT;
arolia;
On Lupinus hartwegii:
Bombus huntii,queen; Bombus huntii,queen; (both w/red saddle)
Megachile parallela,fem,L=14mm,(1=2),SmokyWT;5abb,orange jbsc,white hair on
3notum & below wings;
Anthidium manicatum,L=11mm,(1=2),2T+,SmokyW;noa,yellow 3+1abb/4abb top-cut;
yellow jbsc,yellow 4fm up to ant,yellow pygid.,red-black femora,black ant
On Salvia: Megachile parallela,male,L=12mm,(1=2),SmokyWT;5abb,white 1paws
May 29
2004: 3 p.m. - Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Erigeron (colo-mexicanus?):
Hylaeus modestus,L=4mm,(1,2),white clypaeus,white tegulae,white band
on pronotum;
Heriades carinata,L=7mm, (1=2),all black,clypaeus w/short whitish hair
Sphecid wasp:Ammophila sp.
On Chrysanthemum leucanthemum - Oxeye Daisy:
Sphecodes sophiae,L=5mm, (1,3,2),black h-thx,dark red abd
Megachile parallela,L=14mm,(1,2),no arolia,white lateral hair band on thx
below wings, gold-yellow jbsc,
May 29
2003:Deerfield Hills (lawn) - Trifolium repens - White Clover:
Ashmeadiella bucconis denticulata,L=8mm,(1=2),black w/5 curvy non-parallel
abd bands;creamy white jbsc, BIG head;no arolia;sl.smoky wing-tips;
Heriades carinata,L=7mm,(1=2),sl.smoky wing-tips;all black;sl.gray hair
on face;arolia;5 weak white dorsal bands,whitish jbsc;
Apis mf.
On Cerastium (tomentosum?) - Snow-in-the-Summer, Caryophyllac.:
Pompilid:Entypus (unifasciatus?),L=18mm,(1,2=3) all black,brown smoky wings,
arolia;out-curved ant;2 spines on meso-tibia (-2-2);
May 30
2002:Bear Creek Pk - 11 a.m.:
Nomada utahensis,L=10mm,(1,2=3),smoky wing tips,black h-thx,
brown abd w/5 yellow abd bands,top-cut and laterally cut;
yellow "one-tooth", conical apex;
Bombylius major,hover-sipping,long proboscis
May 31
2004:10 am - Palmer Park
On Yucca glauca:
Yucca Moth; Dipt:L=3mm,[:o=)K],Chamaeid?
Coccinella - Ladybird beetles
Nitidulid beetle,L=5mm,2 yellow specks on shortened elytrae,Carpophilus?
On Senecio integerrimus:
Andrena andrenoides,L=10mm,(1=2),5 abd bands,black pyg.triangle,"pollened"
Andrena (gardineri?).,L=11mm, (1,3,2),5 abd bands,black pygid.triangle
On Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard:
Megachile parallela,L=14mm,(1=2),no arolia,yellow jbsc
Odynerid wasp, L=9mm,(1,3,2),1+3 white abd bands,yellow legs,white and
yellow marks on notum;SmokyWT;
Jun 1
2005:In Deerfield Hills
On Chrysantehmum leucanthemum:
Misumena vatia - Crab spider, White-pink
Evylaeus sp.,L=6mm, all black;pyg.furrow, weak 3abb;
Jun 2
2006:
Mountain Valley Park:
Erigeron sp.:Hylaeus modesstus,fem,L=6mm;
Allium schoenoprasum: Hoplitis pilosifrons,fem,L=7mm,L=8mm;Lasioglossum,L=4m
Epilobium angustifolium:Apis mf.;Hoplitis pilosifrons,fem,L=7mm
Lupinus hartwegii,Glechoma hederacea:Anthidium manicatum,fem
Mountain Creek on Salix exigua - Sandbar Willow:
Evylaeus sp.,L=5mm; Apis mf.
Andrena erythrogaster,fem,L=9mm; Halictus rubicundus,fem,L=10mm
Deerfield Hills, my backyard on Salvia superba:
Megachile frigida?,L=11mm; Anthidium manicatum,fem;
Megachile tgownendiana,male,L=13mm,reddish 1femora.
Jun 2
2001:Erigeron:
Jun 2,01:Section 16 Trail above Bear Creek (Foothills):
(2x),Nomada (superba?),11mm,3c,red-brown,conic apex,smoky wing tips,fem.?
(1x),Nomada,(superba?),10mm,3c,red-brown,conic apex,smoky wing tips,male?
Jun 4
2004:10 am - Deerfield Hills Road - my backyard
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Megachile parallela,L=14mm,(1=2),yellow jbsc,white band under wings;
Agapostemon virescens, green h-thx
Syrphid fly,L=5mm
Jun 4
2002:Robinia neomexicana, Fountain Creek Pk,11 am,15C,overcast:
Apis mf
Bombus nevadensis auricomus (queen)
Bombus huntii (worker)
Jun 5
2006:Starsmoor
On Spiraea:
Flower Scarab - Trichiotinus assimilis,L=10mm;
Leptochilus sp.,L=13mm
On Penstemon unilateralis:
Osmia sp.,L=9mm,white jbsc;
Pseudomasaris vespoides,fem,L=20mm;
Jun 5
2006:Bear Creek Road:
On Salix exigua - Sandbar Willow:
Ancistrocerus sp.,L=9mm
Megachile sp.,fem,L=7.5mm
Colletes petalostemonis,fem,L=10mm,2+3abb
Coelioxys sp.,L=10mm
Nomada lepida,male,L=8mm,2 yellow macs on scutellum;
Halictus?,L=6mm
Heriades gracilior,L=7.5mm
Jun 5
2002:Starsmoor, 11 a.m.:
Brassicac., On Hesperis matronalis - Dame's Rocket
Bombus centralis,L=13mm,.3c.(1,2=3),arol;furry h-thx
On Scrophulariac.,on Penstemon unilateralis - one-sided penstemon:
Pseudomasarus vespoides;L=15mm;black w/yellow abd bands and yellow spots
on thorax;club ant;.2c.(1,2);smoky wings;
Jun 5
2002:Deerfield Hills Lawn - Trifolium repens - White Clover:
Osmia (calla?),L=8mm,all dark green;.2c.(1=2),black,partly whitish jbsc;
slightly smoky wing tips;
Anthidiellum notatum?,L=10mm,.2c.(1=2),black w/5 pale-yellow abd bands,
1&5 top-cut; 2 lobed arol;black tegulae;wasp-like;
Jun 7
2006:Starsmoor
on Spiraea:
Philanthus zebratus,L=14mm
Colletes pestalostemonis,fem,L=10mm
Leptochilus sp.,L=10mm,{hy},2x
Pseudomasaris vespoides,fem
Bear Creek Road, on Salix exigua-Sandbar Willow:
Colletes petalostemonis,male,L=9mm,L=8mm,{hy}2+3abb,2x
Heriades carinata,male,L=6mm
Leptochilus,L=9mm,L=10mm,{hy},2x
On Glycyrrhiza lepidota-Licorice:Osmia sp.,male,L=7mm
Hoplitis pilosifrons,L=7mm
Jun 7
2006:Bear Creek Road
On Glycyrrhiza lepidota - Licorice:
Ashmeadiella sp.,male,L=7mm,2x, fem,L=7mm,2x,SmokyWT;
Hoplitis pilosifrons,male,L=6mm,L=7mm,3x,
Hoplitis pilosifrons,fem,L=7mm
Colletes pentalostemonis,fem
Jun 7
2005-9:30 a.m. Goldcamp Rd Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Penstemon angustifolium:
Ashmeadiella bucconis denticula,L=7mm,(1=2),black w/white 4abb;white jbsc;
arolia,SmokyWT;
Lasioglossum (trizonatum?),L=7mm,(1,2=3),2T+,black w/white 4abb;1 is weak on
Evylaeus (cooleyi?),L=6mm,(1,3,2),black w/weak 4abb;2T+;
Apis mf; Dipt:Bombylius major;
On Melilotus officinalis: Apis mf;
Nomada lepida cuneata,L=6mm,(1,2=3),SmokyWT;black 2notum w/o yellow,2 longit.
dark red stripes,2 red dots on 3notum;dark red abd;black-red legs;dark red
abd w/light red 4abb and yellow 1s-sp on T2;red ant w/black 2nd flagellum
Evylaeus (inconditus?),L=5mm,(1,3,2),2T+;black w/weak 3abb;{hy},pyg.furrow
Jun 7
2005-9:30 a.m. Goldcamp Rd Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Melilotus officinalis
Nomada lepida cuneata,L=7mm,(1,2=3),SmokyWT;black 2notum w/o yellow,w/2dark
red longit.stripes;2 red dots on 3notum;dark red abd w/yellow 4s-sp,red ant
Evylaeus (cooleyi?),L=6mm,(1,3,2),2T+,black w/white 4abb;{hy}
Nomada lepida cuneata,L=8mm,(1,2=3),SmoktWT;black 2notum w/o yellow,w/2dark
red longit.stripes,2 red dots on 3notum;dark red abd w/lighter red 4abb,
black 3coxae;
Evylaeus (inconditus?),L=5mm,(1,3,2),2T+;{hy},black w/weak 3abb;pyg.furrow
On Opuntia polyacantha - Prickly Pear:
Megachile,L=10mm,(1=2),1T+,white jbsc;black w/white 1+4abb;
no arolia (=cant climb glass);SmokyWT;
Jun 7
2005-9:30 a.m. Goldcamp Rd Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus:
Evylaeus (inconditus?),L=4mm,(1,3,2),2T+,{hy},black w/weak 3abb;pyg.furrow
Hemipteron - Anthocorid: L=4mm
On Penstemon angustifolium:
Nomada lepida,L=8mm
Jun 7
2004:11 am - Deerfield Hills Rd -my backyard
On Salvia suberba nemorosa:
Megachile parallela,male,L=10mm,(1=2),black w/gray hair on thx,SmokyWT;
orange 1tibiae,white facial hair;
On Oxeye Daisy - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum:
Halictus ligatus,L=9mm,(1,3,2),amber stigma,apical furrow,
yellow "pollened";4 abd bands;
On Erigeron divergens:
Halictus ligatus,L=9mm,arolia,(1,3,2),protruding apical furrow;
black h-thx;
Bombyliid fly:Exoprosopa sp.,L=11mm,[:o=+],125degr wing angle;
Jun 7
2003-17:30:Chrysanthemum leucanthemum-Oxeye Daisy,Deerfield H:
Megachile (pugnata?),L=12mm,(1=2),sl.smoky wing-tips,whitish-orange jbsc
no arolia,all black, 5 silvery dorsal bands
Halictus (ligatus?),L=8mm,(1,3,2),black,4 whitish dorsal bands;pyg.furrow,
dark venter;
Syrphidae, Meliscaeva cinctella, L=5mm, wing-angle 120degr
Jun 8
2003-14:30 - Monument Valley Park (Colo.Springs):
On Geranium macrorhizum (pink) - Geraniac. : Apis mf
Bombus huntii,L=12mm,arolia,B-NotaYBY-TergaYRRYBB,"red-saddle Bombus"
On Epilobium angustofolium, Onagrac.: Apis mf;
Megachile (latimanus?),L=13mm,no arolia,brown-red jbsc,sl.SmokyWT;
On Lupinus hartwegii:
Megachile parallela,L=13mm,(1=2),SmokyWT;male w/white tarsal front "paws";
no arolia,orange-yellow jbsc;white facial hair,wclyp;white cheeks;
On Tradescantia,Salvia superba nemorosa,Falluga paradoxa,Allium,
Allium schoenoprasum and on Myosotis:Apis mf only;
Jun 9
2006:Sonderman Park
On Convolvulus arvensis - Bindwseed:
Ceratina neomexicana,fem,L=6mm;white spot beow tegula,2x.
On Erigeron:Acmaeodera pulchella,Buprestid,L=7.5mm,male;L=10mm,fem
On Oxytropis lamberti:Anthophora bomboides,fem,L=11mm;
On Apocynum cannabinum-Indian Hemp:Apis mf;Bombus huntii
On Salix exigua-Sandbar Willow:Andrena melanochroa,male,L=9mm
Coccinella 7punctata,L=6mm
Braconid Wasp,L=1nn;
On Conium maculatum-Poison Hemlock:
Coreid,Leptoglossus clypealis,L=17mm
Eristalis tenax
Jun 9
2004:10 am - Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Megachile townsendiana,male,L=9mm,(1=2),no arolia,SmokyWT;red-black 1tibiae;
white 1tarsal hair "paws",green spot on 2tibiae?
Anthidium (porterae?),male,L=12mm,(1=2), black w/5 wide yellow abd
bands,top-cut;3rd yellow side bands w/black dot inclusion,no arolia,
yellow tibia-tarsals,5 black apical thorns;black h-thx;
Megachile parallela,male,L=11mm,no arolia,SmokyWT;White 1tarsal hair "paws"
Megachile townsendiana,L=12mm,(1=2) black,orange jbsc,no arolia,weak abd band
Megachile townsendiana,L-13mm,(1=2),black h-thx w/yellow hair,orange jbsc,
no arolia,SmokyWT;yellow hair on T1T2,bands on T3T4T5,yellow hair band
below wings;
Jun 9
2003:Deerfield Hills Lawn - Trifolium repens - White Clover:
Apis mf;
Hoplitis sp.,L=11mm,(1,2),snow-white abd bands;white face marks;black;
brown legs;3+1 white dorsal bands on T1T2T3T5,2 spots on T6;black teg;
band on T1 top-notched;green eyes;arolia;
Coelioxys 8dentata,L=8mm,(1,2),noa,black;5 white dorsal bands,top-cut on T5T6
male,8spined apex;side spines on scutel;Smoky wing-tips;red-brown legs,tegs
white face;black scape,ant;4 white ventral bands;
Sphaeralcea coccinea, Malvac. - Goldcamp Rd
Dialictus (anomalus?),L=5mm,(1=2),pyg.furrow,h-thx steel blue;
weak abd bands on black abd;
Jun 9
2003-10:00 Goldcamp Rd Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Gaura coccinea,Scarlet Gaura,Onagrac.:
Nomada,L=10mm,(1,2=3),Smoky wing-tips,orange scape,flagellum,
black h-thx w/orange spots,wide yellow side spots on T3,smaller spots on T4,
small band on T5,tiny side spots on T6;red venter,legs;
On Convolvulus arvensis,Bindweed,Convolvulac.:
Nomada,L=9mm,(1,2=3),Smoky wing-tips;yellow scape,orange flagellum in
front,black in back;yellow abd band on T1,yellow side spot on T2-T6,
WIDE side spot on T2;yclyp;yellow eyes w/black dots,black-yellow-red venter
On Penstemon secundiflorus, One-sided Penstemon: Apis mf
On Fallugia paradoxa, Apache Plume, Rosac.: Apis mf;
Jun 9
2003-10:00 Goldcamp Rd - Section 16 (Foothills) 6660 ft;
On Stanleya pinnata, Prince's Plume, Brassicac.:
Bombus huntii, ants;Apis mf;
On Ventucci Road, Cardaria draba, White-top, Brassicac.:
Nomada,L=7mm,(1,2=3),black T1,orange T2,orange T3 w/wide yellow side
spot; orange venter,legs;
Andrena,L=9mm,(1,3,2),arolia,black w/little hair,
Jun 10
2005:11 am - at Palmer Park
On Oenothera coronopifolia - Cutleaf Evening Primrose:
Andrena anograe,L=11mm,(1,3,2),brown perinotal hair,black dorsum,0abb;SmokyWT
{hy},black ant,facial hair,legs;small 2nd cubical cell,2Yo;
On Cirsium canescens - Creamy Platte Thistle,:
Diadasia australis,L=12mm,(1=3,2),black;black abd w/brown 5abb;arolia,
double apex on T7;3tibial spurs curved down;
On Allium schoenoprasum - Chives / Deerfield Hills Rd
Hoplitis pilosifrons,L=7mm,(1=2),SmokyWT;black w/white abb;whitge hair on
face,h-thx,under wings;
Jun 11
2004:10 am - Memorial Valley Park
On Penstemon unilateralis and on Lupinus hartwegii:
Anthidium manicatum,fem.,L=13mm,(1=2),pale yellow jbsc,black
w/6 yellow abd bands;top-cut,no arolia,fast hover flight,European immigr.?
Anthidium manicatum,fem.,L=9mm,(1=2),yellow jbsc,black w/6 yellow abd
abd bands,top-cut;no arolia,fast hover flight; European immigrant?
Anthidium manicatum,male,L=18mm,(1=2),black w/6 yellow abd bands,top-cut,cuts
getting narrower towards apex, no arolia,fast hover-flight,5 apical thorns
creamy tarsal and clypeatic hair;European immigrant?
Bombus morrisoni,L=28mm,B-NotaYYY-TergaYYYYBB,black dot on scutum;SmokyW;
Apis mf, Megachile parallela on Epilobium angustifolium
Bombus huntii on Jasmine, Salvia superba, Coral Bell;
Agapostemon virescens on Penstemon
Jun 12
2006:Deerfield Hills Road - in my backyard:
On Coreopsis grandiflora:
Megachile brevis,male,L=8mm;
Stelis lateralis,male,L=4.5mm
Palmer Park,on Opuntia polyacantha - Prockly Pear:
Diadasia australis,male&fem,L=10mm
Acmaeoderea pulchella,Buprestid,L=9mm
Jun 12
2004:9 am - Sonderman Park
On Opuntia polyacantha:
Hoplitis albifrons,L=13mm,(1=2),arolia,all black,black jbsc,weak abd bands,
hair on upper face
Melissodes (tristis?),L=12mm,arolia,5 abd bands,(1=3,2),long tongue,
black apical protruding spot,hairy 12nota,hairless 3notum,double-pronged ape
Agapostemon virescens,green h-thx on Cactus;
Bombyliid Dipteron; Exoprosopa sp.on Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis
Crabspider - Misumena vatia,white abd w/reddish bands (female)
on Prickly Poppy - Argemone polyanthemos;
In Deerfield Hills Rd backyard on Oxeye Daisy - Chrysanthemum leucanthemum:
Sphecodes eustictus,L=5mm,(1,3,2),black h-thx,red-black abd
Jun 14
2006:Bear Creek Road at 6300ft
On Glycyrrhiza lepidota - Licorice:
Hoplitis pilosifrons,fem,L=8mm,white jbsc,2x
Ashmediella sp.,fem,L=7.5mm,L=7mm,black jbsc;
Megachile sp.,male,L=9mm, facial hair;
Jun 15
2006:US Highway 24 East of Divide.9000ft:
On Thermopsis divaricarpa-Golden Pea:Bombus flavifrons
Megachile giliae,fem,L=14mm;male,L=10-11mm,red 1femora,white 1basitarsi;
Psithyrus insularis,fem,L=23mm
Megachile melanophaea wootoni,fem,L=12-13mm,dark-red jbsc;
On Pseudocymopterus montanus-Mt.Parsley:
Hylaeus cressoni mesillae,male,L-5mm,white macs on 3basitarsi
Jun 15
2006:Florissant-Topaz Mt.area:
On Rubus deliciosus-Boulder,Raspberry:Trichiotinus assimilis,L=8mm
Lasioglossum trizonatum,L=9mm;Syrphid fly,L=7mm
Megachile melanoaphaea wootoni,fem,L=12mm
On Potentilla fruticosa-Shrub Cinquefoil:Evylaeus sp.,L=6mm;
Evylaeus ovalicepts,male,L=6mm,all black;fem,L=6.5mm,red abd,furrow;
Chloralictus sp.,L=5mm;
Epeolus americanus,fem,L=7mm,(1=2),2+3abb,top-cut at T1T2;top-notched T3T4T5
Heterosarus,fem,L=5mm
On Oxytropis lamberti-Lambert's Locoweed:Lasioglossum trizonatum,fem,L=9mm
Megachile melanophaea wootoni,fem,L=ll-12mm,dark-red jbsc;
Megachile giliae,male,L=9-10mm,red 1femora,white basitarsi
Jun 15
2005:On Drennan Blvd./ 9:30 - 11:00
On Oenothera coronopifolia - Cut-leaf Evening Primrose:
Agapostemon texanum angelicum,L=10mm, all green,{hy},weak white 4abb on
green abd,furrow;
On Convolvulus arvensis - Bindweed: Agapostemon texanum angelicum
On Sisymbrium altissimun: Fly [:o=)],L=6mm,Eupeodes?;Lep:Pieris protodice
On Coronilla varia - Crown Vetch:
Anthidium manicatum,L=11mm,yellow jbsc,black abd w/yellow 5abb top-cut
cracked-V yellow face,2yellow dots on black occiput;2yellow side dots on
black 2notum;yellow T6,yellow legs;
Megachile parallela,L=11mm,(1=2),TT,yellow jbsc;SmokyWT;black;white hair unde
wings;black abd w/wide abb on T1,narrow 4abb on T2T3T4T5;red hair on T6;
black legs
Jun 15
2001:Taraxacum officinale
Florissant area:
Andrena sp.,11mm, thorax dull white hair;.3c.(1,3,2)
Jun 15
2001:Penstemom sp.
Florissant area:
Osmia (penstemonis?),.2c.black scopa,9mm,
Jun 15
2001:Erigeron:
Ashmeadiella,7mm,2c,BIG head,fem.,SmokyWT, greenish head-thorax?
Ashmeadiella,6mm,2c,BIG head,male,dark blue abd,greenish head-thorax?
Jun 15
2001:Erigeron
Florissant area:
Dialictus,5mm,green head-thorax,no pygidial furrow,.3c.,(1,3,2)
black abd
Dialictus,4mm,green head-thorax,pygidial furrow,.3c.(1,3,2)
Jun 15
2001:Argemone polyanthemos (=intermedia) - Prickly Poppy:
Crabro (latipes?),9mm,.1c.black, yellow legs,whitish spots on notum
Jun 16
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Linum lewisii - Blue Flax:
Ammophila sp.
On Coreopsis grandiflora:
Megachile brevis,L=11mm,(1=2),no arolia,all black,weak hair band under wings,
orange jbsc, yellow tibial spines
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus:
Coelioxys sayi,male,L=10mm,(1=2),no arolia,black femora,red tibia-tarsals,
8 apical thorns,SmokyWT;5 abd bands,top-cut on T6,4 white ventral bands
Megachile brevis,male,L=7mm,(1-2),no arolia
Jun 16
2003:10 am - Salvia superba nemorosa - Deerfield Hills:Apis mf;
Agapostemon virescens,L=12mm, (1,3,2);green h-thx;pyg.furrow;
black abd w/4 white dorsal bands;black ant;
15:00-Chalicodoma subexilis,L=10mm;all black;4white dorsal bands onT2T3T4T5;
White side spot on T1;yellow spurs;1white narrow+3 wide ventral jbsc;no arol
On Cerastium (tomentosum?) - Snow-in-the-summer, Caryuphyllac.,Deerfield H:
Sphecid:Podalonia (communis?),L=14mm,(1,2,3)(1,2=3);apex beyond wings;waist!
arol;red-black abd;
15:00 on Trifolium repens - White Clover, Fabac.: Apis mf;
Megachile (melanophaea?),L=16mm,gold-yellow jbsc,all black,wide abd bands on
T1T2;narrow bands on T3T4T5;no arolia;Smoky wing-tips;
Jun 17
2005:In Palmer Park, 7 a.m.
On Oenothera coronopifolia - Cutleaf Evening Primrose:
Halictus ligatus,male,L=9mm,(1,3,2),dark, abd with whitish 4abb;{hy}
On Tradescantia occidentalis - Western Spiderwort:
Agapostemon texanum angelicum, all green
Jun 17
2003:13:00 - Salvia superba nemorosa - Deerfield Hills:
Apis mf
Coelioxys (sayi?),L=12mm,(1=2),all black,long pointed apex beyond wings;
fem;no arolia,red tarsi;4 white dorsal bands,4 white ventral bands;
gray hairy metathx;Smoky wing-tips;black ant,teg;
Jun 17
2002:Chrysanthemum leucanthemum - Oxeye Daisy.Deerfield Hills:
Dialictus (pruinosiformis?),L=4.5mm,(1,3,2);black,orange-red abd;
arol;pygidial furrow;
Jun 19
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus:
Heriades carinata, male, L=7mm, (1=2),black w/3 narrow white abd bands
SmokyWT;arolia (i.e.climbs on glass), apex curved-down
Megachile brevis,male,L=7mm, black w/4 weak abd bands,sl.SmokyWT;
On Coreopsis grandiflora:
Hymenopteron: Braconid?:L=1.6mm,all black [=o=)K],LARGE stigma, taking
about 20% of wing area
Jun 19
2001:Spiraea sp., Bear Creek:
Andrena sp.,11mm,.3c.
Jun 19
2001:Salvia superba nemorosa - Blue Sage:
Megachile parallela,13mm,2c,black,golden-yellow jbsc,frequent,black eyes
Anthidium,12mm,2c,black,4 white top-cut abd bands,dull white jbsc,black eyes
Jun 20
2006:Woodland Park, 8200 ft
On Robinia neomexicana: Bombus nevadensis;Apis mf;Coelioxys,fem,L=11mm
On Wild Rose:Apis mf;Bombus fraternus,L=12mm;Megachile m.wootoni,L=13mm
On Chrysanthemum leucanthemun-Daisy:Evylaeus,L=5mm;Dialictus,L=3.5mm
Rampart Range,Loy Creek Road:
On Heracleum lanatum:
Halictus rubicundus,L=10mm;Lasioglossum,L=7mm;Osmia,L=9.5mm;
Chrysid,L=7.5mm;Dipt:Pararchytas decisus,L=12mm;Syrphid,L=7mm
Col.Typocerus sinuatus,L=11mm;
On Geranium fremonti:Panurginus sp.,L=8mm,{hy},stigma "island"
On Oxytropis lamberti:Megachile n.wootoni;Osmia integra,fem.L=16mm
Jun 20
2006:South of Divide on CO Hwy 67,9100ft:
On Thermopsis divaricarpa:
Heterosarus,L6mm;
Ashmeadiella grandis,L=14mm;
On Potentilla fruticosa:
Colletes nigrifrons,fem,L=7mm,4abb disappearing gradually at center of T1T2
Calliopsis rhodophilus,L=7mm; Bombus flavifrons,L=12mm;
On Penstemon virens:Ashmeadiella sp.,male,L=8.5mm,fem,L=9mm,10mm
On Allium:Osmia,L=7,5mm
Jun 20
2005:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Agapostemon virescens,fem,L=11mm,(1,3,2),SmokyWT;green h-thx,black legs,tegs;
pyg.furrow,black abd w/wide abb on T1,plus 3 narrow abb
Megachile townsendiana,male,L=11mm,black; black abd w/wide 4abb on T2T3T4T5
black hairless T1;blunt apex;ORANGE anterior femora are distinctly visible;
in the field
Jun 20
2005:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Megachile parallela,male,L=14mm,(1=2),black,1tarsal paws,blunt abd shaped
like paperclip;face w/gray hair,brighter below ant;SmokyWT;hair below wings
Megachile frigida,fem,L=13mm,orange jbsc,SmokyWT;pointed abd,wide abb on T1,
narrow 4abb on T2T3T4T5;gray hair on face exc clyp;whitge hair below wings
Agapostemon virescens,fem,L=11mm,(1,3,2),green h-thx,SmokyWT;black legs,
black abd w/wide abb on T1 +narrow 3abb;
Halictus farinosus,male,L=10mm,black w/4abb,yellow tarsi,black-yellow tibiae-
femora,{hy},sl.SmokyWT;
On Coreopsis: Megachile frigida
On Erigeron colo-mexicana: Heriades carinata,male,L=6mm,(1,2),black,narrow
4abb, apex curved down;
Jun 20
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyyard
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus:
Heriades carinata,male,L=6.5mm,(1=2);shiny black w/3 white narrow abd bands,
apex held curved-down, SmokyWT;arolia (i.e.climbs glass jar)
Sphecodes eustictus,L=6mm,(1,3,2),black h-thx,no abd bands,
red abd on T1T2T3T4,black abd on T5T6;
Jun 20
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyward
On Coreopsis grandiflora
Megachile parallela, L=14mm,pale yellow jbsc,no arolia,2+3abd bands,
hair under wings, SmokyWT;
Dipteron,L=3mm,[:o=3],pointed apex,spotted wings
Dipteron,Agromyzidae,L=1.8mm,[:o=)K]
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Halictus farinosus,L=10mm,(1,3,2),arolia (i.e.climbs glass jar),
black femora,YELLOW tibia-tarsi,4abd bands;wasp-like;
Megachile townsendiana,male,L=13mm,(1=2),orange pro-femora,SmokyWT;
no arolia (i.e.cant climb glass),hairy protarsal paws,2+3=5abd abd bands
Jun 20
2003:13:30 - Salvia superba nemorosa - Deerfield Hills:
Apis mf
Megachile perihirta,L=13mm,(1=2),all black,no arolia,sl.Smoky wing-tips,
5 white dorsal bands;orange-yellow jbsc;(also found on Gaillardia)
Jun 20
2002:Salvia superba nemorosa - Blue Sage - Deerfield Hills:
Megachile brevis, L=9mm,.noa.,(1=2),mandibles!,apical groove;
Agapostemon virescens,L=11mm,(1,3,2),green h-thx,black abd w/3 whitish
bands;
Osmia??,L=10mm,dark blue;arol;
Jun 21
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Coreposis grandiflora:
Agapostemon texanum angelicum,L=9mm,(1,3,2),all green,arolia-can climb glass
pyg.furrow,5abd bands
Megachile parallela,male,L=10mm,(1=2),no arolia-cannot climb glass wall
Diadasia (australis?),L=8mm,(1=3,2),arolia-can climb glass wall,
black "knees",double apex
Jun 21
2003-13:00-Xeriscape Garden:
On Potentilla fruticosa - Yellow Shrub Cinquefoil:
Colletes (kinkaidi?),L=12mm,(1,2=3),arolia,creamy dorsal bands on T2T3T4T5,
top-cut on T2T3;
On Potentilla fruticosa - White Shrub Cinquefoil:
Panurginus cressonellus?,L=4.5mm;(1,2);arolia,all black;
Monument Valley Park,14:00, Linum lewisii:
Heriades carinata,L=7mm,(1=2),whitish jbsc,all black,h-thx longer than abd,
arolia,Smoky wings;side spots on T1T2,dorsal bands on T3T4;
Jun 22
2004:4 p.m.- Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Trifolium repens - white clover
Bombus huntii (red-saddle bombus), Megachile parallela
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Halictus farinosus,abundant,wasp-like legs;Megachile townsendiana,male,
orange pro-femora
Anthidium (porterae?),male,L=14mm,(1=2),holds apex curved-down,5 apical
black thorns,abd bands on T4T5 triply-cut
On Gaillardia aristata:
Megachile parallela, male, brown profemora
Jun 22
2002:Argemone polyanthemos - Prickly Poppy,9-10 am;Drennan Av:
Apis mf.
Ceratina neomexicana,L=7mm,(1=3,2),all black-blue
Evylaeus (pectoraloides?),L=5mm,(1,3,2),all black w/3 wide whitish abd bands
pygidial furrow;
Evylaeus pectoraloides?,L=6mm,(1,3,2),all black w/3 wide whitish abd bands;
pygidial furrow,amber stigma,conic apex;
Megachile sp.,L=13mm,golden-yellow jbsc;noa,
Tachytes or Tachysphex sp.,L=9mm,(1,2,3),dark brown w/4 weak white abd bands;
(survives longer in captivity than Apoids)
Agapostemon virescens,on Melilotus alba;
Jun 22
2001:Cardaria draba
Jun 22,01:Florissant South:
Nomia nevadensis bakeri.3c.(1,3,2),L=12mm,brown&black abd w/3 white bands;
T1,2:brown;smoky wing tips;arol;scopa;pygidal reddish hair & furrow;
Jun 23
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus:
Agapostemon texanus angelicus,L=10mm,(1,3,2),all green,arolia-climbs glass
brown stigma,pyg.furrow,4 weak abd bands;
Heriades carinata,male,L=6mm,(1=2);black legs;arolia;holds apex curved-down;
3 abd bands,white,narrow;
Neolarra?,L=5mm,(1=2);arolia;all black;yellowish stigma;weak white abd bands;
Non-Bee?,L=6mm,(3,1=2),all black;no arolia-cant climb glass;1+4abd bands,
white,top-cut (=side spots)
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Megachile brevis,male,L=7mm,(1,2),no arolia-cant climb glass;
Jun 24
2006:Pikes Peak,Timberline at 12000 ft:
On Geum rossii:
Syrphid Fly,L=8mm;
Panurginus cressoniellus?,L=5mm,stigma island;
Gorytes sp.,L=9.5mm,{hy}
On Tetraneuris grandifloris-OldMan of the Mountain:
Ashmneadiella bucconis denticulata:L=9mm,black jbcsc;all black
Jun 24
2004:Pikes Peak Northside, 8700 ft - Emerald Rock Ranch area
On Potentilla (arguta?):
Hylaeus cressoni,L=4mm,(1=2),white face marks,all black,
scape white in front;white-black meso-/meta tibia-tarsals;
On Yellow Ladyslipper - Cypripedium calceolus:
Nitidulid beetle, L=2.8mm,club ant;black
Jun 24
2003-13.00: Lake George Area,CO, 7900 ft
On Potentilla fruticosa, Rosac.:
Andrena (birtwelli?),L=10mm,(1,3,2),black;sl.SmokyWT,dorsals band on T1T4T5;
arolia;bare on T2T3;flag1=flag23;
Sphecid:Crossocerus sp.?,L=4mm,black,white pronotum,white spot on metanotum,
5 white dorsal bands;white femora;
On Geum macrophyllum, Avens, Rosac.:
Hylaeus ellipticus,L=6mm,(1,2),all black, white clyp,
Jun 24
2001:Melilotus officinalis
Starsmore:
Andrena,8mm,.3c.(1,3,2), noa;
Dufourea?.2c.(1=2),all black,8mm,4 abd bands
Jun 24
2001:Coreopsis grandiflora:
Agapostemon virescens ,10mm,.3c.(1,3,2),green h-thx,black abd
w/whitish bands,BRIGHTLY yellow in vivo.,also on Tradescantia occidentalis;
Pygidial furrow;3rd abd band narrower in center;
Coelioxys (sayi?),9mm,black bee,.2c.(1,2), (10?) prickled/thorny apex
5 whitish abd bands;black tegulae;pale white eyes w/black dots;small stigma;
smoky wing tips;1 protarsal spine
Sphex:15mm,orange-black abd,.3c.(1,2,3),smoky wing tips;
Andrena sp.,9mm,black w/4 pale white abd bands;
Halictus ligatus,8mm,(1,3,2),pygidial furrow,black w/pale white abd bands;
Cerceris?,L=10mm,yclyp;.3c.(1,3,2),brown stigma,black,brown legs,
Jun 25
2005:Sonderman Park
On Conium maculatum - Poison Hemlock:
Chariesterus antennator,L=11mm
Jun 25
2005:In Palmer Park
On Yucca glauca:
Enoclerus spinolai,male,L=10mm,fem,L=13mm,red elytra w/black spots;
On Opuntia polyacantha - Prickly Pear:
Euphoria kerni,Scarab beetle,L=11mm
Jun 25
2005:Deerfield Hills, my backyard
On Trifolium repens - White Clover:
Megachile frigida,fem,L=13mm,(1=2),yellow jbsc;black w/wide abb on T1,
4 narrow abb on T2T3T4T5;
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Halictus rubicundus lerouxi,L=10mm, (1,3,2),2T+;
Megachile townsendiana,male,L=11mm,creamy tarsal front paws,creamy U-shaped
facial hair,h-thx>abd;blunt apex notched;
Evylaeus cooleyi,L=8mm,(1,3,2),2T+;black w/4abb;
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus - Daisy:
Tachinid Fly,L=6mm,wing angle 60degr
Sapygaa sp.,L=7mm,(1=2=3),all black,2 white spots on occiput,2 marks on 3notu
1s-sp on scutellum,slender abd;black legs w/white-black basitarsus,white abb
on T2; white 3abb top-cut on T3T4T5;
Jun 25
2005:Deerfield Hills, my backyard
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus - Daisy:
Bombyliid:Villa sp.,L=9mm.
Jun 25
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Erigeron colo-mexicanum:
Heriades carinata,male,L=6mm,(1=2),shiny black;4 white narrow abd bands;
arolia-climbs glass wall;
Neolarra?,L=4mm,(1=2),black,black apex spot,brown tarsi;arolia-climbs glass
Jun 26
2002:Salvia x superba nemorosa - Deerfield Hills:
Coelioxys?,L=9mm,(1=2),noa,black w/white & yellowish abd bands;
slightly smoky wing tips;
Coelioxys (sayi?),L=9mm,(1=2),black, spiny apex;noa,slightly smoky wing tips;
reddish tarsi;
Ammophila sp.,L=16mm,(1,2,3),smoky wing tips;black w/red-black abd;
Jun 26
2002:Rudbeckia hirta(?) - Deerfield Hills:
Halictus ligatus,L=8mm,(1,3,2);black w/4 narrow pale white abd bands;
yellow tarsi;conic apex;pygidial furrow;
Melissodes agilis
Jun 27
2006:Sonderman Park
On Bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis:Evylaeus,L=5mm,4abb;L=6mm
Jun 28
2006:Deerfield Hills Rd,in my backyard
on Coreopsis grandiflora:
Anthophora,fem,L=11mm,(1=2=3)
Lasioglossum,L=7mm,{hy}
Halictus ligatus,fem,L=9mm.{hy}
Evylaeus,L=5.5mm,{hy}
Melissodes coreopsis,male,L=8mm;fem,L=10mm,1+1+3abb
on Salvia suberba:
Evylaeus,L=6mm
Megachile brevis,fem,L=10mm
Jun 29
2005:Sonderman Park - 7:30 - 9:00
On Carduus nutans - Nodding Thistle:
Bombus nevadensis auricomus,L=14mm
Evylaeus,L=5mm,black,white ventral pollen,{ny}
On Apocynum cannabinum - Dogbane: Apis mf
On Conium maculatum - Poison Hemlock:
Ichneumon Fly-Pimpla,L=10mm,ant=10mm,ovipositor=3mm,black,red legs
Halictus ligatus,L=9mm
Eristalis arbustorum,L=11mm
Evylaeus sp.,male,L=6mm,all black,{hy},weak 5abb
Evylaeus sp.,L=5mm,all black,yellow ventral pollen,weak 3+2abb;{hy}
Mordella atrata,L=5mm,black
Andrena erythrogaster,fem,L=10mm,SmokyWT;black face,notum w/white hair
behind eyes,beside propodeum;black-red T1,red abd T2-T6;pyg.black triangle
Jun 29
2002:Oenothera - Ev.Primrose - 10 a.m. - Monument Valley Park:
Agapostemon virescens,L=11mm,(1,3,2),green h-thx,pygidial furrow;
Megachile parallela,L=11mm,(1=2),black w/5 weak abd bands;pale yellow jbsc,no
Eristalis tenax - Drone Fly
Apis mf
On Campanulac.:Campanula sp.:
Megachile,L=16mm,black w/gray hair on postnotum,5 white abd bands;jbsc,noa,
On Coreopsis grandiflora:
Eristalis tenax - Drone Fly; Agapostemon virescens
On Convolvulac.:Convolvulus arvensis - Bindweed:
Apis mf;
Halictus (farinosus),L=12mm,(1,3,2);black w/4 abd bands;pygid furrow;
Jun 29
2002:Coreopsis grandiflora - Monument Valley Park - 10 a.m.:
Eristalis tenax - Drone Fly (common)
Apis mf
Diadasia envanata,L=10mm,(1=3,2),black w/1+3+1 whitish abd bands;arol?;
plumose scopa;last 2 abd bands top-cut;wide basal abd band;plump
Panurginus (innuptus?),L=7.5mm,(1,2), all black,conical apex;arol,yellow tars
few hairs;tongue longer than head;
Halictus ligatus,L=8mm,(1,3,2),sl.smoky wing tips;black w/4 abd bands;
pygid furrow;
Megachile pugnata,L=15mm,(1=2),black w/5 abd bands,pale yellow jbsc,noa,
sl.smoky wings;
Jun 29
2001:Potentialla fructocosa - Shrubby Cinquefoil, Lake George:
Tenthredo sp.,9mm,2-2-2,arol?,black-orange abdomen;
Andrena sp.,8mm,.3c.(1.3.2) black, w/2 bright white abd bands;
Ampulex?,5mm,.2c.(1,2);black w/5 white abd bands,white legs,white notal spots
-1-2;BIG head;
Andrena (vincina?),13mm,black abd,no bands;
Jun 30
2006:Rampart Rage,elevation aboujt 9000 ft:
On Penstemon virens:
Ashmeadiella,fem,L=8mm;4x;L=10mm,2x;Melissodes),L=10mm,L=11m m,2x;
On Sedum stenopetalum-Stonecrop,9400 ft:
Ashmeadiella,fem,L=8mm;Osmia brevis,L=10mm;Osmia nigrifrons,fem,L=12mm
Hoplitis hypocrita,fem,L=13mm;
Xeromelecta californica,L=11mm;
On Penstemon virens,at about 9000 ft:
Ashmeadiella,fem,L=8mm,3x;L=9mm;L=10mm,2x;
Melissodes,L=10mm;L=11mm;
Hylaeus cressoni mesillae,fem,L=6mm;
Jun 30
2006:Loy Creek at about 8500 ft:
On Melilotus officinalis: Psithyrus insularis,fem,L=23mm
On Astragalus flexuosus:Psithyris insularis,fem,L=22mm
Bombus fervidus,fem,L=20mm
Bombus f.califorfnicus,fem,L=20mm
On Cirsium canescens,Rampart Range Road,at 9000 ft:
On Astragalus flexuosus,Rampart Range Road at 9000 ft:
Megachilke m.wootonii,fem
Rampart Range Rd,9000 ft,on Geranium fremonti:Melissodes,fem,L=10mm,1+3abb
On Robinia neomexicana: Megachlie,fem,L=13mm
On Loy Creek:Colletes,L=10mm; Heterosarus,L=6.5mm
On Melilots officinalis:Hoplitis albifrons,fem,L=10mm
On Phacelia heterophylla:Hoplitis albifrons,male,L=9mm
Coelioxys,male,L=10mm
Jun 30
2006:Deerfield Hills Road in my backyard
On Coreopsis grandiflora:
Heriades carinata,fem,L=6mm
On Rampart Range Road,at 9000 ft:Astragalus flexuosus:
Megachile m.wootonii,L=12mm; Fly,L=6mm
On Geranium fremonti: Anthophora,L=11mm
Andrena,fem,L=9mm,L=10mm,L=11mm;Coelioxys,male,L=10mm;Ashmed iella,fem,L=10mm
Philanthus (crabronikformiks?),L=13mm;Coelioxys,male,L=12mm;
Sphecodes eustictus,fem,L=5mm; Evylaeus,L=6mm
Colletes kinkaidi,male,L=10mm;
On Heterotheca fulcrata:Fly,L=6mm
Jul 2
2005:Mountain Valley Park
On Delphinium - Larkspur:
Bombus huntii,L=12mm
Bombus nevadensis auricomus,w,L=14mm
Bombus n.nevadensis,Q,L=22mm,
Bombus fervidus,Q,L=19mm
In Deerfield Hills - on Coreopsis grandiflora:
Bombus flavifrons centralis,L=9mm
Jul 2
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Common Mullein - Verbascum thapsi
Curculionid beetle: Gymnetron tetrum,L=4mm,densely covered w/brownish hair,
abundant
Jul 2
2003-9:30/ Drennan Av.,Convolvulus arvensis -Bindweed:
Evylaeus (pectoralis?),L=6mm,(1,3,2);arolia;pyg furrow;3 wide whitish abd ban
on T4T5T6;same found also on Heterotheca villosa, Argemone polyanthemos
Jul 3
2004:Palmer Park
On Yucca glauca:
Clerid beetle:Enoclerus spinolai,L=10mm (male),L=13mm(fem),abundant,
black h-thx-ant-legs,red venter-elytrae w/black dot widway on each elytra;
fast runner;
On Opuntia polyacantha:
Agapostemon texanus angelicus, all green
Melissodes (tristis?),L=13mm,(1=3,2),arolia,1+4=5abd bands,hairy 12nota,
hairless 3notum,tongue=6mm,brown tegulae
Jul 3
2001:Centaurea cyanus - Kornblume:
Melissodes (tristis?),13mm,w=5.5mm,A=8mm,[>ox)],all black,yclyp;.3c.(1=2=3)
long ant;gray hair on meso-meta tarsals,meta tibiae,and frons;
smoky wing tips;
Jul 4
2002:Starsmoore - Epilobium angustifolium:
Evylaeus pectoraloides,L=6mm,(1,3,2),pygid furrow,arol, black w/4 abd bands;
Bombus flavifrons centralis,(1=2=3),L=12mm,arol,black w/4 abd bands;
Jul 4
2002:Monument Valley Park, 9:30 am.
On Tradescantia - Spiderworth: Apis mf.
On Campanulac.:Campanula (persicifolia?) Cherry Bells
Megachile (parallela?),L=13mm,(1=2),noa,black w/jbsc,6 abd bands
On Scrophulariac.:Veronica gentianoides - Gentian Speedwell:
Megachile frigida,L=10mm,(1=2),noa,black w/4 abd bands;smoky wing tips;
On Verbascum hybridum - Yellow Mullein:
Apis mf; Pyrobombus huntii; Agapostemon virescens;
On Boraginac.:Cynoglossum sp.:
Apis mf; Pyrobombus huntii;
On Capparidac.:Cleome serrulata - RM Bee Plant:
Bombus pennsylvanicus (Queen)
Jul 5
2005:Deerfield Hills
On Turman Schoolyard:
Dasymutilla vesta errans,L=10mm, Red w/black apex, 4 white abb;
On Verbascum thlaspi - Mullein:
Mullein Weevil-Gymnetrum tetrum,L=3mm
On Salvia superba nemorosa:
Melissodes bimaculata,male,L=11mm,
Triepeolus helianthi grandior,L=12mm, (1,2=3)
Jul 5
2004:on Hancock Av
On Argemone polyanthemos - Prickly Poppy:
Melissodes (confusa?),L=13mm,(1=3,2),arolia,double-apex;
Evylaeus (pectoraloides?),L=6mm,(1,3,2),amber stigma;arolia-climbs glass,
all black,4 weak abd bands,yellow pollen on scopa;
Jul 6
2005:Sonderman Park / 10-10:45
On Convolvulus arvense - Bindweed:
Evylaeus,male,L=6mm,all black,0abb;black femora,reed tibiae-tarsals
Evylaeus,fem,L=5mm,yellow ventral pollen
On Conium maculatum - Poison Hemlock:
Mordella,L=6mm; Bombus huntii,
Dialictus conii,fem,new species?,L=3.8mm,black h-thx,bright red abd;
Jul 6
2005:Drennan Blvd. 8:00 - 9:00 am.
On Helianthus petiolaris:
Andrena haynesii,fem,L=18mm
Perdita albipennis,L=8mm,yellow ventral pollen,black w/4abb,top-cut on
T1T2,top-notched on T3T4;white veins,{white}
On Tradescantia occidentalis - Spiderwort:
Lasioglossum sp.,male,L=9mm,Yellow ventral pollen on S1S2; all black w/
strong 2abb on black abd;
On Cirsium canesccens - Platte Thistle:
Cucumber Beetle
Jul 7
2006:in Gilette at 9500 ft on Potentilla fruticosa-Shrubby Cinquefoil:
Dufourea fimbriata,male,L=6.5mm
North of Goldfield at 9700 ft on Dugalia hoopesi - Orange Sneezeweed:
Bombus f.californicus,queen,L=20mm;
Bombus mixtus,worker,L=10mm
Megachile m.wootoni,fem,L=12mm
Eristalis burda,L+12mm
In Goldfield at 10000 ft:
on Penstemon virens:
Bombus mixtus,queens,L=25mm and L=20mm
Jul 7
2006:Divide at 9000 ft:
On Potentilla fissa: Andrena melanochroa,fem,L=8mm,L=9mm
On Potentilla fruticosa:Andrena melanochroa,fem,L=8mm
On Achillea lanulosa - Yarrow:
Archytas,L=14mm;
Sawfly,L=13mm
On Heterotheca furcata:Ammophila sp.
On Allium geyeri:Parachytas decisus,L=12mm
On Penstemon virens:Bombus mixtus,worker,L=12mm; Osmia,L=8mm
On Geranium fremonti:Osmia,L=7mm;
On Phacelia heterophylla:Coelioxys funeraria,fem,L=12mm,dark
In Gilette,at 9500 ft on Elk Thistle-Cirsium foliosum:
Agapostgemon texanum,L=10mm
Jul 7
2001:Argemone polyanthemos (=intermedia) - Prickly Poppy:
Lithurgus?.2c.(1,2);L=14mm,black, 5 white abd bands;1mts;
brown jbsc; smoky wing tips;
Argidae? L=7mm,.3c.(1=3,2);black;3ant segmts;
Jul 8
2005:Wilkerson Pass area
On Penstemon secundiflorum:Megachile fortis,male,L=15mm,(1=2),SmokyWT;
yellow 1tarsals,black w/5abb;noa
On Geranium fremonti,Coelioxys (alternata?moesta?porterae?),L=11mm
At Twin Lakes:
On Potentilla fruticosa:Lasioglossum,male,L=8mm,(1,2=3),black w/2abb
Oreopasites scituli,L=6mm,all black,(1=2),truncated marg.cell,red T1T2
At Wilkerson Passarea:
On Geranium fremonti:
Anthophora furcata terminalis,L=10mm,(1=2=3)
Lasioglossum?,L=9mm,(1,2,3),black w/5abb
On Potentilla fruticosa: Stelis (elegans?),L=7mm,(1,2),2+3abb.5abb,abb
top-cut on T1;interrupted on T2,entire on T3,top-notched on T4T5;
Jul 8
2005:Independence Pass - 12100 ft:
On Phacelia sericea:
Bombus frigidus,fem,L=15mm
Jul 9
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard -elevation about 5950 ft
On Helianthus petioraris:
Melissodes sp,L=10mm,(1=3,2),arolia-poor climber,wide yellow scopa
On Trifolium repens - white clover:]
Halictus rubicundus lerouxii,L=10mm,(1,3,2),arolia,amber stigma,
sl.SmokyWT;vein crossing;
Drennan Road:- elevation about 5959 ft:
On Nuttallia decapetala - Blazing Eveningstar:
Andrena mentzeliae,male,L=10mm,black w/5abb.red tarsi,SmokyWT
Jul 11
2003-8:00am Deerfield Hills Rd.:
on Echinacea (Rudbeckia) purpurea, Asterac.:Agapostemona virescens
green h-thx;
Lake George Area,9700 ft,13:00;on Cleome serrulata,Capparidac.,RM Bee Plant:
Bombus huntii
Ants
Floating in water / Deerfield Hills Rd:
Melissodes bimaculata,male,(1=2,3), arolia;L=11mm, VERY BLACK,
yellow clyp;dark smokyW;long ant about half of body length;
whitish metatibia-tarsi;
Jul 11
2001:Medicago sativa - Alfalfa
Sonderman Park:
Halictus sp?,L=8mm,.3c.(1,3,2),black w/5 white abd bands,pygidial furrow or
pygidial "triangle"?
On Scrophulariac.,Verbascum thapsus,Mullein:
Pompilidae,L=14mm, all black, about a dozen hiding in Mullein at 8.a.m.
Jul 12
2005:I-70 west of Frisco, 9300 ft:
On Mertensia viridis:Bombus mixtus,male,L=10mm,bare black meso-notum
On Heracleum lanatum:brown beetle
In Breckenridge, 9000 ft: On Nepeta mussini-Catnip:
Bombus sylvicola,w,L=13mm,3x;
Bombus appositus,w,L=13mm,on Epilobium angustifolium
On Freemont Pass, 11300 ft:
On Penstemon whippleanus:Bombus frigida
Jul 12
2005:Freemont Pass - 11300 ft:
On Penstemon whippleanus:
Bombus frigidus,female,L=15mm
Jul 12
2005:Florissant - Rt.24 at 8100 ft:
On Heracleum lanatum - Cow Parsnip:2 sp. of Coccinella
On Eriogonum umbellatum - Sulphur Weed at 8600 ft:Tach.Fly,L=10mm,orange abd
Beyond Wilkerson Pass,9300 ft:
On Cirsium canescens-Creamy Thistle:Osmia nanula,L=6mm,dark blue,black jbsc
On Sisymbrium altissimum:Eristalis latifrons,L=10mm
On Geranium fremonti:Megachile fortis,male,L=15mm,front paws,yellow 1tarsi
On Geranium fremonti:Evylaeus sp.,male,L-5mm,all black,no pyg.furrow visible
On Geranium fremonti:Megachile brevis,L=11mm,creamy jbsc
In Johnson Village Shelter,8000ft:Ammophila,L=18mm, on Sisymbrium altissimu
In Leadville,10100 ft:
On Penstemon unilateralis:Bombus mixtus,L=18mm,queen
On Potentilla anserina argentina:Lonchaeid Fly,L=4.5mm
Jul 12
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Gaillardia aristata"
Melissodes bimaculata,male,L=11mm,(1=3,2),VERY black,SmokyW;creamy clypeus,
whitish meta-tibia-tarsi,
Jul 12
2003:9:00 - Deerfield Hills Rd:
Agapostemon virescens, green h-thx, common on Echinacea (Rudbeckia) purpurea.
Tradescantia occidentalis, less so on Helianthus petiolaris, Cosmos
and on Helianthus petiolaris, Astrac.9:00;
Andrena helianthi,L=15mm,(1,3,2),black;arolia;smoky wings;brownish dorsal ban
on T6;F1>F23;brown hair on thx;
Megachile (parallela?),L=15mm,(1=2),yellow jbsc;no arolia;SmokyWT;
Melissodes agilis,L=11mm,(1=2=3),arolia;yellow corbs;
Melissodes agilis,L=10mm,(3,1=2),arolia,yellow corbs;
13:00;(R),Megachile,L=10mm,(1,2),black,no arolia,
Melissodes,male,L=9mm,(1=3,2),long ant half of body length;;black flagellum;
Jul 12
2001:Potentilla fruticosa - Shrubby Cinquefoil, Zoo:
Halictus ligatus,L=9mm,apical furrow;black, 4 white abd bands;
Hylaeus modestus,L=7mm,(1,2);all black,
white spots on face,notum;shiny black abdomen;elbowed ant
Halictus sp.,L=12m;(3,1,2),full of pollen;arol;furrow;greenish eyes;
Andrena (cressoni?),L=10mm,(1,3,2);silvery scopa;
On Rhus-Sumac:
Melissodes bimaculata,male,L=10mm,(1=3,2),black,smoky wings
Halictus,L=5mm,.3c.(1,3,2),black w/5 abd bands,pygidial furrow;
Jul 12
2001:Lathyrus - Peavine, Zoo:
Megachile parallela,L=13mm,.2c.(1=2),all black abd,yellow jbsc,smoky wings
Megachile (pugnata?),L=14mm,.2c.(1=2),black w/4 white bands,yellow jbsc,
smoky wings;
Hoplitis?,L=10mm,.2c.(1=2),black w/5 white abd bands;pale white jbsc;
Jul 13
2006:Wilkerson Pass at 9100 ft on Cirsium canescens-Creamy Thistle:
Melissodes coreopsis,fem,L=11mm
In Johnson Village area at about 8000 ft:
On Cleome serrulata-RM Bee Plant: Cerambycid beetle,L=10mm
At Win-Mar Crossing at Hwy 82/24 at 9000 ft:
On Senecio spartioides-Broom Senecio:Red-black Braconid Wasp,L=6mm
At Twin Lakes at 9700 ft:
On Potentilla anserina argentina- Cinquefoil:
Panurginus cressoniellus?,fem,L=6mm,stigma island, all black
On Potentilla fruticosa-Shrubby Cinquefoil:
Andrena sieverti,male,L=8mm,3 abb;
On Cirsium foliosum-Elk Thistle:Bombus huntii
On Heracleum lanatum:Andrena lewisii,fem,L=9mm;Bombus mixtus
Jul 13
2006:Twin Lakes at 9700 ft
On Geranium fremonti:
Bombus flavifrons,worker,L=12mm
Colletes nigrifrons,male,L=7mm,all black
Independence Pass,at 12100 ft:
On Trifolium dasyphyllum:
Bombus mixtus,worker
Jul 13
2001:Lake George:Potentilla fructicosa - Shrubby Cinquefoil:
Andrena,L=12mm,.3c.(1,3,2),black
Andrena,L=8mm,.3c.(1,3,2),black
Panurginus cressoniellus?,L=4mm,.2c.(1=2),black,shiny black abd;
Jul 13
2001:Calochortus gunnisonii - Mariposa Lily:
Lake George area, Park Co.:
Calliopsis andreniformis;L=7mm,.2c.(1,2),black w/4 white abd bands
1st band center-cut,3 white facial spots
Jul 16
2005:Monument Valley Park
On Robinia neomexicana:
Bombus griseocollis,L=22nn
On Monrada:
Bombus n.nevadensis,L=22mm
Jul 16
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
Agapostemon splendens,female,L=10mm,green h-thx, on Helianthus petiolaris
Megachile parallelus,L=14mm,(1,2),orange jbsc,SmokyWT;on Campanula rotundif.
Melissodes bimaculata,male,VERY black,on Gaillardia,Salvia,Helianthus
Bombus huntii,red-saddle, on Gaillardia aristata,Helianthus petiolaris
Halictus farinosus,yellow tibia-tarsi, on Erigeron colo-mexicanus
Jul 16
2003:9 am, Colo. Springs, Monument Valley Park
On Coreopsis grandiflora:
Halictus ligatus,L=9mm;(1,3,2),arolia, pyg.furrow, 4 dorsal abd bands;
Bombus huntii on Tradescantia occidentalis, Salvia, Clematis.
Apis mf on Convolvulus arvensis, Cirsium arvense (Canada thistle), Solidago
Agapostemon virescens on Oenothera
in Deerfield Hills on Helianthus petiolaris:
Andrena helianthi;
Agapostemon texanus angelicus,L=10mm,(1,3,2),all green h-thx-dorsum,
black venter;
Jul 17
2005:Deerfield Hills
On Helianthus petiolaris - Prairie Sunflower:
Melissodes agilis,11mm,(1=2=3),fem,4abb
On Day Lily:
Dipt:Asilus sericea,L=18mm
Jul 17
2001:Coreopsis grandiflora:
Halictus farinosus (m),L=11mm,(1,3,2),black,yclyp;black,w/4white abd bands,
yellow tarsi w/black dot;
Jul 18
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus:
Halictus farinosus,male,L=10mm,(1,3,2),yellow clyp,arolia-climbs jar,
white hair on frons,black,sl.SmokyWT;yellow tibia-tarsi,tibia w/black marks
On Campanula rotundifolia:
Megachile townsendiana,female,L=13mm,(1,2),no arolia-cant climb jar,black,
pale yellow jbsc,silvery hair on meso-notum,lateral hair below wings
On Gaillardia aristata:
Agapostemon splendens,male,L=10mm,(1,3,2),arolia-can climb jar,green h-thx,
black abd w/1+3 yellow abd bands,AMBER wings,amber stigma;2green 3notal dots
On Erigeron colo-mexicanus:
Evylaeus,L=5mm,(1,3,2)orange ant,amber stigma,black,yellow tarsi,black
tibiae w/white dots
Jul 19
2006:Woodland Par, Rampart Range Road, elevation of 8500 ft:
On Heracleum lanatum:Parachytas decisus
Crabro sp.,L=9mm; Ancistrocerus,L=9mm;Ichneumonid wasp,L=9mm;
On Erigeron speciosus:Heriades carinata,fem,L=6mm,white jbsc;
Aristophanes n.sp.?,fem,L=12mm;male,L=9mm
On Melilotus officinalis: Apis mf
Rampart Range Road,elevation of 9000ft:
On Heterotheca furcata:Ammophila; Parachytas decisus;
Panurginus cressoniellus?,fem,L=6mm;stigma island,2x;
Hylaeus cressoni,fem,L=4mm,Megachile,fem,L=11mm
Campanula rotundifolia:Hoplitis albifrons,fem,L=10mm
Potentilla fissa: Hylaeus cressoni,fem,L=4mm,white spot infront of tegula;
Andrena melanochroa,fem,L=10mm;Hoplitishypocrita,fem,L=13mm;Archy analis,L=11
Jul 19
2006:Rampart Range Road,elevation of 9000 ft:
On Achillea lanulosa:Aristophanes adonis:
On Senecio fendleri:Archytas analis,L=11mm,12mm;
On Solidago nana:
Andrena mentzeliae.male,L=8mm,white spot on occiput;
On Geranium fremonti:
Hylaeus cressoni mesillae,fem,L=7mm
On Potentilla fissa:
Winthemia quadripustulata,L=11mm
Jul 19
2005:Mesa Ridge Dental / 10:30 am - noon.
On Delphinium:Bombus n.auricomus,L=22mm;Megachile brevis,L=10mm,brown jbsc
On Gaillardia aristata:
Svastra atripes,fem,L=15mm; Svastra obliqua,fem,L=15mm
On Chrysanthemum leucanthemum:
Sphecodes nitidulissimus,fem,L=4mm,red-black abd
Colletes sp.,male,L=8mm; Apis mf.
Agapostemon angelicum,fem,L=9mm,green h-thx,yellow 5abb;black-yellow legs;
Melissodes menuachus,fem,L=11mm,shiny black notal disk,1+4abb.widely inter-
rupted at T2,top-cut at T3T4T5; Apis mf;
Megachile townsendiana,L=13mm,yellow jbsc;
On Medicago sativa-Alfalfa:
Agapostemon angelicum,male,L=9mm,black-yellow;4 abb+1 narrow abb
Jul 19
2005:Mesa Ridge Dental / 1030am - noon.
On Cirsium arvense-Canada Thistle:
Polistes dominulus,fem,L=15mm,Black-yellow; Hylaeus,L=4mm;
Halictus sp.,male,L=7mm,5abb;
On Convolvulus arvense-Bindweed:
Melissodes menuachus,fem,L=10mm,black,shiny black notal disk,black abd w/
1+4abb,top-notched on T3T4T5;
Hylaeus,L=4.5mm,all black;
Col:Cerambycid,Batyle suturalis,L=8mm,dark red,black center line betw Elytrae
Jul 19
2002:Fountain Creek Park
On Convolvulac., Convolvulus arvensis -Bindweed:
Evylaeus pectoraloides,L=6mm,(1,3,2);black w/3 white abd bands;;pygid furrow;
On Tamarix: Apis mf;
Clematis ligusticifolia -W.virgins bower:Apis mf.
Jul 19
2002:Asterac.,Helianthus annuus - Deerfield Hills:
Andrena sp.,L=11mm,(1,3,2),black w/4 whitish abd bands;yellow scopa;arol;
Coreopsis grandiflora:Agapostemon virescens
Melissodes (communis?),L=12mm,(3,1,2),long black ant;arol;
Jul 19
2001:Helianthus annuus, Deerfield Hills:
Andrena helianthi,L=14mm;.3c.(1=3,2),black w/brown notal hair,4 abd bands;
pygidial brown hair and black "triangle";arol;
Jul 20
2004:Deerfield Hills Rd - my backyard
On Helianthus sp.:
Megachile sp., L=10mm, (1=2),no arolia-cant climb;
black, golden facial hair;
Jul 20
2003-8:30 Fountain
On Clematis lingustifolia - Virgin's Bower, Ranunculac.:
Lasioglossum trizonatum,L=9mm,(1,3,2),black w/3 whitish abd bands;yellow stig
white spot on corb;
On Cleome serrulata - RM Bee Plant, Capparidac.:
Bombus huntii, orange corbs;
in Deerfield Hills, 15:40
On Helianthus petiolaris:
Svastra atripes,L=18mm,(1=3,2),reddish tarsi;hairy metanotum;arolia
Megachile (parallela?),male,L=12mm,(1=2).noa;yellow facial hair,front "paws"
silvery notal hair;
Jul 21
2005:Rt.24 at 8700 ft.
On Geranium fremonti:
Hylaeus sp.,L=3.8mm,all black, face marks;Bombus huntii;
On Cirsium canescens-Creamy Platte Thistle:
Megachile frigida,fem,L=14mm,orange jbsc,1+4abb,5abb
On Senecio fendleri:
Eristalis latifrons; Eristalis sp.,L=12mm;Tachinid fly,L=12mm;Bombylid,L=11mm
On Penstemon unilateralis:
Tachinid Fly,L=11mm;
On Penstemon secundiflorum:
Agapostemon angelicum,L=9mm,green h-thx,black abd w/yellow 5abb,last narrower
Bombyllid Fly,L=11mm
On Cirsium foliosum-Elk Thistle:Bombus appositus,L=18mm
Jul 21
2005:Rt 24/Lake George at 7900 ft:
On Potentilla fruticosa - Cinquefoil:Oxybelus uniglumis,L=6mm;
Halictus farinosus,male,L=7mm,all black,black femora,black-yellow tibiae,
yellow tarsi;
On Linaria-Toadflax:
Bombus fervidus fervidus,L=22mm
On Solidago-Goldenrod:
Andrena sieverti,L=8mm,black,black legs,white 3abb;
Oreopasites scituli,L=7mm,(1=2),truncated marg.cell
On Phacelia denticulata:Bombus flavifrons,L=14mm
On the Road from Florisant to Cripple Creek:
On Haplopappus:Evylaeus inconditus,L=6mm,all black,club-shaped abd
On Grindelia squarrosa-Gumweed:Melissodes gindeliae,male,L=10mm,shiny black
hairless notal disk, black abd w/3abb on T2T4T5;black exposed on T3
Jul 21
2005:Rt 24 at 8700 ft:
On Penstemon secundiflorum:
Bombus n.nevadensis
On Angelica ampla:
Wasp,L=10mm,{hy}; Apis mf.
At Lake George,Park Co., 7900 ft:
On Cirsium canescens - Creamy Platte Thistle:
Bombus nevadensis,L=13mm
On Geranium fremonti:
Oreopasites scituli,L=7mm,(1=2),all black,truncated marg.cell
On Penstemon unilateralis:Bombus n.nevadensis,L=22mm
On Linaria - Toadflax:Psithyrus insularis,fem,L=22mm
On Potentilla fructicosa:Anthidium-like,L=6mm,black abd w/white 4abb,1st
three interrupted in center.
Jul 21
2005:On Florissant to Cripple Creek Rd:
On Solidago missourensis-Goldenrod:
Hylaeus sp.(swarms),L=5mm;Evylaeus inconditus,L=6mm,all black;
On Heterotheca furcata: Fly,L=3mm;
On Grindelia squarrosa-Gumweed:Melissodes grindeliae,male,L=10mm
On Holodiscus dumosus-Mt.Spray:On Flies and Beetles
At Victor:
On Geranium fremonti:Halictid Bee,L=8mm,all black w/3abb,long ant,yellow
tarsi,small 2nd cubital cell.
At Goldfield,10000 ft:
On Geranium fremonti:Melissodes agilis,male,L=10mm;Bombus mixtus,L=10mm;
Bombylius major,L=11mm;Halictus ligatus,fem,L=8mm,(1,2=3);B.huntii;
Melissodes menuachus,fem,L=10mm;Agapostemon texanum,fem,L=10mm
Jul 21
2005:Below Goldfield at 9500 ft:
On Dugaldia hoopsii-Orange Sneezeewd:
Many Bombus mixtus,male L=9mm;female L=12-13mm;
Green Therevid Fly,L=5.5mm
Bombus huntii,L=11mm; Eristalis,L=11mm
Jul 21
2003:Independence Pass - 12,100 ft
Potentilla (diversifolia?) at roadside of C82:
Dipt. L=9mm, :ox<;black,hairy thx;no stigma;black eyes;
On Arnica (latifolia?):
Dipt.:Anthomyidae;L=7mm;black, :o=3;thxo=)K]on Taraxacum off.
Bombus f.flavifrons,L=12mm,on Senecio atrata
Ichneumonid:Pimpla?Itoplectis?L=6mm,black,red legs,stigma![>s=)-],
on Potentilla fruticosa - Shrubby Cinquefoil
Syrphid dipt:Eristalis (latifrons?),L=12mm,shiny black abd,2 brown side
spots on T2, white abd bands on T3T4,on Senecio atrata
Euodynerus (annulatus?),wasp,L=13mm,(1,3,2),SmokyW;black-yellow-REDDISH -BROWN
-1-;black thorax with yellow-brown perinotal marks;on Senecio atrata
Lasioglossum (bardum?),L=8mm,arolia, on Taraxacum officinale
Sep 2
2001:Deerfield Hills Rd:Helianthus petiolaris:
Bombus huntii,*,L=15mm
Melissodes agilis (m),*,L=9mm,bright sunny day;
Melissodes agilis (f),L=11mm,bright sunny day;
Andrena helianthi,*,L=13mm,shady afternoon
Anthophora occidentalis,L=15mm,.3c.(1=2=3);arol;black w/5 pale white abd band
top-notched;shady afternoon;
Sep 3
2001:COS: Grindelia squarrosa - Curlycup Gumweed:
Nomia universitatis?,12mm,.3c.(1=3,2),arol;smoky wing tips;
orange legs;
Bombus huntii,Hunt's red-saddle Bombus;
Apis mf.
Epicauta pennsylvanica,Black Blister Beetle
Melissodes agilis
Megachile ,L=14mm,gold-yellow jbsc;
Johnson Reservoir: Broom senecio - Senecio spartioides
Andrena,L=10mm,.3c.(1,3,2),pygidial triangle;arol;smoky wing tips;
Johnson Reservoir: Loasaceae: Mentzelia (Nutallia) decapetala
Andrena helianthi,L=13mm,.3c.(1,3,2);pygidial triangle;arol;
Sep 7
2003-8:30 Deerfield Hills Rd.,Physostegia virgiana - Obedient Plant:
Bombus pennsylvanicus (Queen)
Melissodes bimaculata,male,all black,yclyp
Agapostemon virescens,green h-thx
Apis mf
Anthidium (manicatum?), black w/yellow abd bands,top-cut;
Sep 7
2003-11:30 Deerfield Hills Rd, Colo.Springs:
Bombus pennsylvanicus (Queen) on Salvia superba x nemorosa and on Cosmos
Melissodes bimaculata,male, on Ipomoea tricolor and on Cosmos
Calliphorid Dipt:Phaenicia sericata on Calyopteris x clandonenis
Agapostemon virescens, green t-thx, on Cosmos and Helianthus petiolaris
Andrena helianthi,Melissodes (coreposis?) and Apis mf.on Helianthus petiolari
Agapostemon virescens, green h-thx, on Ipomoea tricolor
Ambush bug:Phymata erosa on Helianthus petiolaris
Apis mf on Caryopteris x clandonenis - Blue Mist Spiraea
Megachile (parallela?),L=14mm, (1=2),no arolia,pale red jbsc,
white hair below wings, on Ipomoea tricolor - Blue Morning Glory
Bombus pennsylvanicus on Ipomoea tricolor - Blue Morning Glory
Sep 9
2005:Wilkerson Pass - 9500 ft
On Machaeranthera bigelovii- Bigelov Aster:
Melissodes menuachus,fem,L=11mm,(1,3,2)
On Matricaria perforata:
Melissodes hymenoxidis,fem,L=8mm,(1,3,2),5abb;
Twin Lakes villages:
On Potentilla fruticosa - Cinquefoil:
Dipt:Thricops,L=5mm; fly,4.5mm; fly,L=5mm
Vail: Bombus mixtus on Machaeranthera bigelovii
Hoosier Pass, 11540 ft: Evylaeus supranitens,L=5mm,on Heterotheca furcata
Alma, 10300 ft:
On Machaeranthera bigelovii - Bigelov Aster:Megachile brevis,fem,L=10mm
On Matricaria perforata:Bombyliid: Villa sp., L=7mm
Sep 12
2001:Coreopsis verticillata - Moonbeam:
no insects
Sep 12
2001:Coreopsis grandiflora
No insects
Sep 12
2000:morning:Harding Nursery:Buddleia sp.
Halictid? L = 13.mm, L/A = 1.86, L/W = 1.86; [<ox>],black,white side
Eristalis ? [:ox<]
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Tradescantia hybrida
no insects
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Syringa vulgaris
no insects
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Symphoricarpos x chenaulti-Hancock Coralberry
Apis mf
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Spiraea x bumalda (pink)
no insects
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Sedum sp. (white)
no insects
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Sedum sp. (Red Rosy)
no insects
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Scabiosa columbaria (blue)
Apis mf
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Salvia superba nemorosa
Apis mf
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Rudbeckia fulgida
Dipt.: [:ox3]
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Potentilla fruticosa (yellow):
a few Apis mf
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Potentilla fruticosa (white):
Agapostemon sp., L=7 mm, L/A = 1.7, L/W = 4.7; [<o:)];nota dull green
nota shiny dark green, abdomen shiny bronze
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Lavandula angustifolia
no insects
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Hydrangea paniculata
Dipt.: L = 1.mm, L/W = 3.3; [:o=)]
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Helianthus petiolaris
Bombus huntii [=ox)] red-saddle bumblebee
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Genista tinctona
no insects
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Cosmos
Bombus huntii
Halictid? L = 9mm, [=o:)] ,dull green thorax, black abd w/yellow bands
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Chrysanthemum maximum - Shasta Daisy (white)
no insects
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery:Caryopteris clandonensis (blue mist)
Apis mf, [=o=3 or =o=V]
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery, Colorado Springs CO
Halictid, on Potentilla fructicosa (white),and on Achillaea sp.
Sep 12
2000,morning:Harding Nursery, Colorado Springs CO
Eristalis ? [:ox<] on Aster (pink)
Sep 14
2006:Palmer Park at 6500 ft
On Verbesina encelioides - Golden Crownsbeard:
Bombus rufocinctus,L=18mm
Sep 14
2001:Deerfield Hills Rd.;Rudbeckia:
Anthidium,L=11mm,.2c.(1=2),small wide radial cell;smoky wings;
brown w/3 yellow abd bands, 2 anterior bands top-cut;no arolia,
yellow scutum,2 pronotum spots;prickly apex;
Sep 16
2003- 11:00 - Security - on Eriogonum annuum:
Pompilid wasp;black
Polistes dominulus, black w/yellow and bands and notal spots;
Polistes fuscata centralis, black-yellow-brown
Syrphid fly;
Cantharid beetle: Chauliognathus basalis, orange-black
Sep 17
2003 - 11:00 Security:
Andrena,L=10mm,(1,3,2), arol,black w/5 white abd bands,on Machaeranthera big.
Apis mf, bombyllid dipt. on Machaerathera bigelowii
Evylaeus,L=6mm,(1,3,2),all black, on Grindelia quarrosa
Coleopt.:Chauliognathus basalis,orange-black,copulating,on Eriogonum annuum
Coleopt.:Elaterid?,L=10mm,dull black, on Broom Senecio spartioides
Sep 17
2002:Deerfield Hills Rd.,Physostegia virgiana - Obedient Plant:
Apis mf;
Agapostemon virescens
Sep 18
2001:Salvia virgata:
Bombus fervidus,Q.,L=19mm,NotaYYY-Terga YYYYBBB-AbdSidesBBBBBBB,arol;
smoky wings;last abd bands slightly top-notched;
On Asterac.,Chrysanthemum:
Sphecodes (m)(eustictus?),L=5mm,.3c.(1,3,2),arol;all black
Sep 19
2003-15:00 Sonderman Park:
Apis mf, Dipt.:Eristalis tenax,Coleopt.:Meloe (niger?) on Aster falcatuss
Apis mf, Chauliognathus basalis on Senecio sparioides
Apis mf, Chauliognathus basalis on Chrysothamnus nauseolus
Apis mf on Aster laevis
Sep 23
2005:Deerfield Hills
On Ipomoea tricolor - Blue Morning Glory:
Agapostemon virescens,male,L=11mm,yellow 4abb,ornamental T1
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Syringa palida "Miss Kim"
Lepidopteron: Vanessa atalanta
Syrphidae? L = 8mm, [:o:)]
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Rudbeckia fulgida
Dipt. L = 3mm, [:o=)]
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Potentilla fruticosa (yellow)
Apis mf
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Potentilla fruticosa (yellow)
Apis mf
Dipt1. L = 3.mm, black, [:o=<]
Dipt2. L = 3.mm, black, [:ox)]
Dipt3. L = 2.mm, black, [:o=)]
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Potentilla fruticosa (white)
no insect
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Echinacea (Rudbeckia) purpurea - Magnus
Syrphidae: Eristalis ? [:o=<]
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Coreopsis verticillata - Moonbeam
no insect
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Coreopsis lanceolata
no insect
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Chrysanthemum (yellow)
Calliphoridae: Phaenicia (Lucilia) sericata (green blowfly)
Syrphidae: L = 7mm, [:o=<], black, yellowish abdominal bands
Syrphidae? black, [:o;)], L = 8mm
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Chrysanthemum (purple)
no insects
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Caryopteris clandonensis (blue mist)
Apis mf
Anthophoridae: L=14mm, [=o=3]
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Buddleia sp.
Lepidopteron: Vanessa atalanta
Sep 27
2000,2-3 pm:Harding Nursery:Aster novi-belgii
no insect
Oct 1
2002:Deerfield Hills
Mentzelia (Nuttalia) decapetala - Plains Evening Star: Apis mf.
Chrysothamnus nauseolus - Rabbit Brush: Apis mf.
Oct 5
2003 - 15:30 Deerfield Hills
On Helianthus petiolaris:
Apis mf; Bombus huntii
Oct 15
2005: Sonderman Park:
on Taraxacum officinale:
Augochlorella striata,fem,L=7mm, all green
Oct 20
2003:Deerfield Hills area
Apis mf, Agapostemon virescens on Helianthus petiolaris
Sphecodes mandibularis,L=5mm,(1,3,2),red abd,black apex:on Erigeron divergens
Muscid dipt;L=3mm,[:ox<],on Erigeron divergens;
Halictus ligatus,L=10mm,(1,3,2),furrow,4 abd bands, on Helianthus petiolaris
Hym,Ichn,?L=15mm,[>o=)D],orange abd, on Helianthus petiolaris
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