Tag: peponapis pruinosa

• Hoary squash bee (Peponapis pruinosa)

  Apidae > Peponapis > Peponapis pruinosa Pruinose squash bee (Peponapis pruinosa) is one of the most common vegetable garden pollinators in the northeast. With a bright orange thorax and protruding clypeus, males and females are distinctive among regional eucerines. For P. pruinosa, the early bee gets the pollen: females are active very early in the…

  Bee Watching

  January 9, 2023

  Backyard Bees, Specialists, Species Page, Summer Bees

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