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Bee/Fly? - Eucera
Copyright © 2009 LynnWatson

Bee/Fly? - Eucera
Alamo Pintado Creek, Figueroa Mountain, California, USA
February 15, 2009
Contributed by LynnWatson on 15 February, 2009 - 10:58pm
Last updated 16 February, 2009 - 11:12am

Moved
Moved from Eucera.
… Tim Loh, 16 February, 2009 - 11:12am

 
moved
deleted
… LynnWatson, 16 February, 2009 - 1:30pm

Male long-horned Bee (Eucera sp.)
Most, if not all, North-American species are included in subgenus (formerly genus) Synhalonia.
They have three submarginal cells on fore wings, while "true" Eucera have two. Otherwise this one insect is virtually identical to Palaearctic E. nigrescens.
… Richard Vernier, 16 February, 2009 - 6:37am

 
Male long-horned Bee
Thanks! very much. The "long-horns" were really interesting - never seen them before.
… LynnWatson, 16 February, 2009 - 9:23am

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