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? - Melissodes tepaneca

Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
December 31, 1969
Size: approx. 8 mm

7 pm in my yard. Any idea what these guys were up to?

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Contributed by oliver1 on 6 July, 2012 - 6:43pm
Last updated 11 February, 2014 - 1:51am

Moved

Moved from Long-horned Bees.

… John S. Ascher, 11 February, 2014 - 1:51am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… oliver1, 7 July, 2012 - 10:55am

Eucerini

They look like they may be long-horned bees too. No idea about the behavior though.

… Shaun Michael, 6 July, 2012 - 7:26pm

Sleeping?

Some bees hold on with their mandibles while they sleep.

… John F. Carr, 6 July, 2012 - 7:03pm

Interesting, so they are using my twigs as a hotel?!

BTW I had no time yet to look into the "subject distance" issue (from the photography forum) but will do once I find more time. Many thanks!

EDIT: The bees still looked pretty active ...

… oliver1, 6 July, 2012 - 7:12pm

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