Eight-spotted Fairy Bee

Perdita octomaculata · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Andrenidae

Also called: Eight-spotted Miner Bee, Eight-spotted Perdita

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Eight-spotted Fairy Bee
Photo: Amy Schnebelin, CC BY

The eight-spotted fairy bee lives in North America. It is native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It is found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 33 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New York, Kansas, Vermont, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Illinois, North Carolina.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Eight-spotted Fairy Bee photo 2
Photo: Amy Schnebelin, CC BY
Eight-spotted Fairy Bee photo 3
Photo: Amy Schnebelin, CC BY
Eight-spotted Fairy Bee photo 4
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Eight-spotted Fairy Bee photo 5
Photo: Bernie Paquette, CC BY

Same family (Andrenidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdita_octomaculata

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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