California Mountain-Digger Bee

The California Mountain-Digger Bee (Habropoda depressa) is an anthophorine bee in the family Apidae, found in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This species is one of two members of the Habropoda genus commonly found at California garden sites.

Its flight season is from February until May, with peak activity in March and April.

California mountain-digger bees are solitary bees that nest in the soil, often in vertical banks but also in flat, bare ground. Nests are frequently aggregated.

California Mountain-Digger Bee

Salvia spathacea
hummingbird sage
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Arctostaphylos glandulosa subsp. glandulosa
Eastwood manzanita
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Salvia columbariae
chia
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Eriodictyon californicum
yerba santa
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Ceanothus thyrsiflorus
blue blossom
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Ceanothus oliganthus var. sorediatus
Jim brush
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Ceanothus leucodermis
chaparral whitethorn
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Ceanothus cuneatus var. cuneatus
buckbrush
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Arctostaphylos pallida
pallid manzanita
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Amsinckia menziesii
rancher's fireweed
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Amsinckia eastwoodiae
Eastwood's fiddleneck
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Stachys pycnantha
short-spiked hedge nettle
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Salvia mellifera
black sage
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Monardella villosa subsp. villosa
coyote-mint
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Ericameria linearifolia
interior goldenbush
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Arctostaphylos glauca
bigberry manzanita
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Arbutus menziesii
Pacific madrone
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Achillea millefolium
yarrow
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