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Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee

Bee / Colletidae / Colletes / Colletes simulans

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7 - 16 mm

Size

Summer, Fall

Seasonality

Specialist

Pollinator preference

Scopae on hind legs, and sometimes on the sides of thorax and under the abdomen

Pollen carrying method

Ground nester, sometimes in aggregations

Nesting

Solitary

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Plants near:

0 confirmed and 25 likely

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  • Confirmed

Woollypod Milkweed

Asclepias eriocarpa

Narrow Leaf Milkweed

Asclepias fascicularis

Mulefat

Baccharis salicifolia

Chaparral Clematis

Clematis lasiantha

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Carrots

Daucus carota

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Alternative names

  • Common Names:

    Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee

  • Spanish Common Names:

  • Scientific Names:

    Colletes simulans

Additional Resources

Sources

Fowler, Jarrod. "Pollen Specialist Bees of the Western U.S." 2020. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025. https://jarrodfowler.com/pollen_specialist.html.

"Beginner Bee Field Guide." Colorado State University Extension, 28 Feb. 2022. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025. extension.colostate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BeginnerBeeFieldGuide_LowRezWeb_28Feb2022.pdf. PDF.

NatureServe. 2025. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available https://explorer.natureserve.org/. (Accessed: April 03, 2025).