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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Sawflies / Wasps / Bees / Ants - Hymenoptera
        
        Family - Mason, Carder, and Leafcutter Bees - Megachilidae
        
        Species - Wide-banded Mason Bee - Osmia tersula

Wide-banded Mason Bee - Osmia tersula

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Global Rank: G5?
State Rank: SNR

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- Delphia, C.M., Griswold, T., Reese, E.G., O'Neill, K.M., and Burkle, L.A. 2019. Checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from small, diversified vegetable farms in south-western Montana. Biodiversity Data Journal: e30062
- Simanonok, M.P. and L.A. Burkle. 2019. Nesting success of wood-cavity-nesting bees declines with increasing time since wildfire. Ecology and Evolution 9:12436-12445.
- Slominski, A.H. 2019. The effects of climate-warming on solitary bees and their interactions with plants. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 159 p.
- Slominski, A.H. and L.A. Burkle. 2019. Solitary bee life history traits and sex mediate responses to manipulated seasonal temperatures and season length. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 7(314):1-15.
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Citation for data on this website:
Wide-banded Mason Bee — Osmia tersula. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on April 2, 2025, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IIHYMA22K0