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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) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Melissodes
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13 bees sleeping on a cosmos flower - Melissodes - male
Copyright © 2005 steve johnson

13 bees sleeping on a cosmos flower - Melissodes - Male
berkeley, alameda County, California, USA
July 18, 2005
Size: less than .5 inches?
These guys are busy in my yard all day and then gather in a few flowers at dusk. They are gone early the next day.

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13 bees sleeping on a cosmos flower - Melissodes - male 13 bees sleeping on a cosmos flower - Melissodes - male
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Contributed by steve johnson on 31 July, 2005 - 1:00am
Last updated 10 May, 2008 - 8:48am

Moved
Moved from Digger bees.
… john and jane balaban, 25 September, 2006 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

Melissodes males
Frankie et al. 2005 (JKES) recorded M. lupina and M. robustior in Berkeley
… John S. Ascher, 25 September, 2006 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

Male Eucerini bees.
The long antennae give these away as males of some kind of Eucerini bee (family Apidae). There are several genera that share fundamental characteristics in common.
… Eric R. Eaton, 1 August, 2005 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

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