Osmia lignaria
Blue orchard bee
Megachilidae
Vancouver Island Lower Mainland Coast Galiano
Observation notes
First documented by Ibsen 1916, with extensive historical record in the Pacific Maritime (see Best list for historical record to 2000). Tommasi et al. 2004: Greater Vancouver Area. Ratti et al. 2008: Fraser Valley. Guzman et al., 2023: (Elle), 2005; (Neame), 2007; (Gielens), 2009; (Wray), 2012; (Gillespie), 2014, 2015; (Elle), 2015; (Kelly), 2017, Vancouver Island. (Button), 2011, Lower Mainland; (Toshack), 2015, Abbotsford. NBSBC Bee Atlas Database: (Zand), 2021, 2022, 2023; (Gadzik), 2022; (Young), 2023, Vancouver Island. iNaturalist: Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley, Squamish, from 2011.