A Digger Bee
Anthophorula ?
Visiting flowers of Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata), Wickenburg, Arizona, 13 April 2014.
Apidae -- Bee Family
Most digger bees are relatively large, fast flying bees. This one has a distinctly banded, yellow and black abdomen. It is visiting flowers of Creosote Bush, Larrea tridentata, a dominant shrub in the Sonoran Desert and the Chihuahuan Desert.