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Cuckoo Bee - Triepeolus lunatus
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

Cuckoo Bee - Triepeolus lunatus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 12, 2007
Size: ~6-7mm
Contributed by tom murray on 13 July, 2007 - 7:42am
Last updated 13 July, 2007 - 5:20pm

Identified to species by
local bee expert, Michael Veit.
… tom murray, 13 July, 2007 - 5:20pm

Thanks Richard and Adalbert
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… tom murray, 13 July, 2007 - 9:41am

Epeolus or Triepeolus sp.
cuckoo bee.
… Adalbert Goertz, 13 July, 2007 - 9:20am

One more dressed-up bee
A member of the Epeolini tribe, most likely Triepeolus. Unlike Anthidiellum, this one is a cuckoo-bee.
… Richard Vernier, 13 July, 2007 - 9:13am

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