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Hoplitis Mason Bee
Hoplitis
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
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Description
Hoplitis bees come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but Mount Diablo's Hoplitis bees tend to be sleek-looking and elongate (longer-bodied than Osmia). Female bees carry pollen on abdominal scopa, and both sexes have an arolium pad between their front leg tarsal claws, unlike Megachile. Their forewings have 2 submarginal cells and a stigma at least twice as long as broad. These bees are black or metallic green.
Nectar/
Pollen Plants
Hoplitis are generalists.
Habits
Solitary, some nest in hollowed out stems, tubes, wall crevices, while others nest in the ground. Use chewed leaves, mud and pebbles in nest-building to create partitions, hence “mason.”
Season
April - early June.
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