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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Long-horned bees (Eucerini) » Melissodes » Subgenus Melissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Melissodes)

Subgenus Melissodes

Melissodes bimaculata · Melissodes communis · Melissodes comptoides · Melissodes paroselae

Species Melissodes bimaculata
Mating Megachilids? - Melissodes bimaculata - male - female Anthophorine? - Melissodes bimaculata A Digger Bee ? - Melissodes bimaculata - female Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculata - female Bees catching an afternoon nap - Melissodes bimaculata - male bee - Melissodes bimaculata Is this Melissodes bimaculata? - Melissodes bimaculata - female What Kind Of Bee? - Melissodes bimaculata

Species Melissodes communis
Bee - Melissodes communis Wet Bee - Melissodes communis - female Longhorned Bee - Melissodes communis Sleeping Bee - Melissodes communis Sleeping Bee - Melissodes communis Sleeping Bee - Melissodes communis

Species Melissodes comptoides

Species Melissodes paroselae
Long horned Bee - Melissodes paroselae - male Dorm for Longhorn Bees - Melissodes paroselae - male Dorm for Longhorn Bees - Melissodes paroselae - male Ground nesting Bee - Melissodes paroselae - female Ground nesting Bee - Melissodes paroselae - female Ground nesting Bee - Melissodes paroselae - female


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