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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees (Megachilini) » Sharptail Bees (Coelioxys) » Subgenus Boreocoelioxys (Coelioxys Subgenus Boreocoelioxys) » Coelioxys octodentatus
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Coelioxys sp? - Coelioxys octodentatus
Copyright © 2016 Tom Arbour

Coelioxys sp? - Coelioxys octodentatus
Ohio, Franklin County, Ohio, USA
July 15, 2016
I'm a botanist learning about the pollinators the visit a demonstration prairie at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. At fist I thought this might be a fly mimic (is it?) because of the open wings, but now I'm wondering if it is a Coelioxys sp? Thanks for your help!
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Contributed by Tom Arbour on 19 July, 2016 - 1:28pm
Last updated 22 July, 2016 - 9:35am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 22 July, 2016 - 9:35am login or register to post comments

Coelioxys male
likely octodentata
… John S. Ascher, 22 July, 2016 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… hg, 22 July, 2016 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

Hover Fly?
Family Syrphidae.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/949742

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay07/cd-hoverflies.html
… michael971, 19 July, 2016 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Thank you Michael- so I just want to be certain, you are 100% sure this is a Syrphidae and NOT a bee? I want to make sure, as I'm creating a poster to help our human visitors identify our pollinator visitors.
… Tom Arbour, 19 July, 2016 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

 
definitely a male Coelioxys bee
NOT a syrphid
… hg, 19 July, 2016 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

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