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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 » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Cuckoo Bees (Nomadinae) » Epeolini » Epeolus
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Triepeolus? - Epeolus
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Triepeolus? - Epeolus
Mount Pinos summit, elev. 8831 ft (2692m), Ventura County, California, USA
July 17, 2007
Size: 6 mm straightend
Taking nectar in Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus .
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 26 July, 2007 - 5:41pm
Last updated 1 January, 2010 - 2:33pm

Moved
Moved from Epeolini.
… John S. Ascher, 1 January, 2010 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

my guess is Epeolus
but it can be very difficult to separate these genera.

Shape of the pygidial plate is the best character for males.
… John S. Ascher, 26 July, 2007 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John,
I have a specimen of this and will take photos when I have time.
… Hartmut Wisch, 26 July, 2007 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

 
OMG!
You graduated from Cornell?? Cool! I spent my freshman year there and I hope to go back for Grad School!
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 26 July, 2007 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

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