Osmia ( Osmia ) taurus Smith, 1873

Zarrillo, Tracy A., Stoner, Kimberly A. & Ascher, John S., 2025, Biodiversity of Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) in Connecticut (USA), Zootaxa 5586 (1), pp. 1-138 : 134

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scientific name	Osmia ( Osmia ) taurus Smith, 1873
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Osmia ( Osmia) taurus Smith, 1873 View in CoL

Taurus Orchard Mason

Notes: The first record that we could locate for this exotic species in Connecticut was collected on 25 April 2009 by R. J. Pupedis in Willimantic ( Windham County). This species is becoming more widespread in Connecticut, now found in seven counties. LeCroy et al. (2020) in the mid-Atlantic states found O. taurus increasing from 2003– 2017 at a mean rate of 16.99% per year .

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