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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) » Nomad Bees (Nomadini) » Nomad Bees (Nomada) » ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees (Nomada ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees)
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Wasp of some sort? - Nomada - female
Copyright © 2009 GValHart

Wasp of some sort? - Nomada - Female
NE Philly area, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 7, 2009
Size: maybe 1/2 in. or so
This landed in front of me on the mulch while I was checking one of my gardens. It never stopped flapping its wings, but I couldn't hear them. It seemed a bit agitated, but didn't seem to mind my presence. Since I think it's a wasp of some kind, though, I didn't push my luck. Any idea what type it is?

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Contributed by GValHart on 10 June, 2009 - 8:10pm
Last updated 16 November, 2009 - 12:41pm

Cuckoo bee.
This is a cuckoo bee in the genus Nomada, as in "no madda how much it looks like a wasp, it's still a bee:-)"
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 June, 2009 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
ruficornis group
female
… John S. Ascher, 10 June, 2009 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thanks! Now that I know what to look for, I'm finding it all over the place!
:)
Your help was most appreciated!
… GValHart, 10 June, 2009 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

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