Bug FAQRufous-backed Cellophane Bee
Colletes thoracicus · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Colletidae
The Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee lives in North America. Its native range is also North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Native to North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 29 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, New York, Maryland, Connecticut, New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Colletidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colletes_thoracicus
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.