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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) » Chimney or Turret Bees (Emphorini) » Melitoma » Morning Glory Turret Bee (Melitoma taurea)
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Bee - Melitoma taurea
Copyright © 2011 Brad Barnd

Bee - Melitoma taurea
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
July 22, 2008
Size: ~ 11 mm
Its a bit worn but I'm hoping its distinctive enough for an ID. It has an interesting pattern to the dark and light hairs on the thorax.

Taken between 20 & 24 July 2008 in purple panel trap.

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 15 March, 2011 - 7:26pm
Last updated 25 February, 2017 - 8:35am

Specimen deposited in TAMUIC
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Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
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Melitoma taurea (Say, 1837)
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