Osmia californica
| Osmia californica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Osmia |
| Species: | O. californica
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| Binomial name | |
| Osmia californica Cresson, 1864
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Osmia californica is a megachilid bee, or mason bee. Native to North America, the mason bees are important pollinators. O. californica generally emerges a little later in the spring than the better known orchard mason bee (O. lignaria). Like the orchard mason bee, O. californica is a solitary nester.
References[]
Categories:
- Osmia
- Hymenoptera of North America
- Insects of the United States
- Insects described in 1864
- Taxa named by Ezra Townsend Cresson
- Megachilidae stubs