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Black bee with yellow face - Melissodes bimaculata
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Black bee with yellow face - Melissodes bimaculata
Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, USA
Size: approx 1.5cm
About 10 of these bees were visiting a small lavendar patch. This bee stayed on this grass in an inverted position for minimum of 10 minutes.

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Contributed by Wisconsin Oecanthinancy on 21 July, 2008 - 7:14pm
Last updated 10 August, 2008 - 5:43pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John R. Maxwell, 10 August, 2008 - 5:43pm

Male Melissodes bimaculata.
This is a male of Melissodes bimaculata (or bimaculatus, I can never get that "gender" thing down....).
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 July, 2008 - 7:20pm

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