This is a common bee in the yard. Its coloration is quite variable, but the darkened wing tips is a good marker.
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Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On Chokecherry flowers
Associated Species: Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Netted on a lilac bush, cooled, photographed, and released.
12 mm
Associated Species: Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Taxonomy
Subclass:
Pterygota (Winged and Once-winged Insects)
Suborder:
Apocrita (Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees)
Infraorder:
Aculeata (Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily:
Apoidea (Bees and Apoid Wasps)
Family:
Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)
No lower level information