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Bee Assassin - Apiomerus crassipes
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Bee Assassin - Apiomerus crassipes
Canadian river road SW of Henryetta, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, USA
June 25, 2006
Apiomerus crassipes??
On winged sumac.

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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 25 June, 2006 - 11:46am
Last updated 25 June, 2006 - 4:02pm

Looks like it
Sure looks like all the other photos from the east, and Slater (1) says A. crassipes is found through much of the US. Besides A. spissipes, which is colored differently, Slater says other species are "southern or southwestern". (Of course, Oklahoma is sort of southwestern, but eastern OK is very much eastern deciduous-forest type habitat.)

In addition, Salsbury, Insects in Kansas, p. 108--hascolor photos of A. crassipes, A. spissipes from Kansas, and does not mention other species for that state. (2).

For what that's worth, from a non-expert.
… Cotinis, 25 June, 2006 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee Assassin
Thanks Patrick, I checked my Kansas book and I think that confirms it.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 25 June, 2006 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

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