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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Lasioglossum » Subgenus Dialictus, Metallic-Sweat Bees (Lasioglossum Subgenus Dialictus, Metallic-Sweat Bees)
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Ripiphoridae perhaps - Lasioglossum
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Ripiphoridae perhaps - Lasioglossum
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
May 27, 2008
4 triungulins on bee wing

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Ripiphoridae perhaps - Lasioglossum Ripiphoridae perhaps - Lasioglossum
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 22 February, 2011 - 6:32pm
Last updated 10 October, 2016 - 2:39pm

OK
I had junky red lines pointing to the hitchhikers. I have no idea how the nice looking arrows replaced them. (but thanks to whoever did it)
As to the hitch hikers, some of them are host specific I believe so knowing the bee might well help to determine the larvae.
Thanks.
… MJ Hatfield, 26 February, 2011 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 26 February, 2011 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kevin Hall, 26 February, 2011 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry, but
I don't understand why these were moved to Hymenoptera (except that they are hitching a ride to the nest, I presume, on the bee).

Also, how'd you make those nice arrows?
… MJ Hatfield, 26 February, 2011 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

 
hymenoptera and arrows
I didn't make the arrows. Presumed you did.

As to "why the move", Dr. Ascher and some of the other bee experts are more likely to see the pics here than in ID request.

Hope that helps.
… Kevin Hall, 26 February, 2011 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

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