Osmia atriventris
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Osmia atriventris | |
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Osmia atriventris, female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Megachilidae |
Genus: | Osmia |
Species: | O. atriventris
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Binomial name | |
Osmia atriventris Cresson, 1864
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Osmia atriventris, sometimes referred to as the Maine blueberry bee, is a megachilid bee native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia to Alberta in the north, and Iowa to Georgia in the south. This solitary bee normally gathers pollen from many different flowers, but will pollinate blueberries, and is sometimes used commercially for this purpose.
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Categories:
- Osmia
- Insects of the United States
- Fauna of the Eastern United States
- Hymenoptera of North America
- Insects described in 1864
- Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson
- Megachilidae stubs