Bumble-bee Digger (four
photos)
Anthophora bomboides
former subspecies sodalis

I was very confused trying to figure out what this bee
was at Red
Butte Garden in Salt Lake County, Utah. It wasn't
any Bumble
Bee I was familiar with, but I had no idea what it
could be. It was
basically all orange, yellow, and black. © Carol
Davis 7-9-2019

It had beautiful dark protruding eyes and stood out
from all the other Bumble Bees zooming about in the
flowers. © Carol Davis 7-9-2019

I submitted it to Bugguide and it was identified as
Anthophora bomboides sodalis, who is obviously a
Bumble Bee mimic. Here is a link to that
species
on Bugguide. © Carol Davis 7-9-2019

Just another shot but it was a pretty one. © Carol Davis
7-9-2019
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