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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Long-horned bees (Eucerini) » Melissodes » Subgenus Heliomelissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Heliomelissodes) » Melissodes desponsa
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bee - Melissodes desponsa - male
Copyright © 2006 edward trammel

bee - Melissodes desponsa - Male
fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
August 8, 2006
perhaps male... i did not get any other pictures, as my batteries ran out and while changing them it flew off.
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Contributed by edward trammel on 27 August, 2006 - 3:48am
Last updated 9 January, 2007 - 7:42pm

Moved
Moved from Melissodes.
… edward trammel, 15 November, 2006 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Digger bees.
… edward trammel, 25 September, 2006 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Melissodes (Heliomelissodes) desponsa Smith, 1854
male; this species is a thistle (Cirsium) specialist. This appears to be a new state record for this species and subgenus! I look forward to seeing more AR pics
… John S. Ascher, 25 September, 2006 - 8:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Melissodes
excellent find for me then, thank you for the ID Dr. Ascher. i will look through my bee photos and find some that need identified, however, i am afraid i have no luck when it comes to photographing bees, which is something i am trying to remedy.
… edward trammel, 25 September, 2006 - 9:10pm login or register to post comments

Definitely male
Only males of Eucerini (Melissodes and related genera) have these long antennae among North-American bees. Some European Eucera have them longer than body itself! Just like as for the neck of a giraffe, they have only the "normal" 13 segments, but most of them are elongated.
… Richard Vernier, 27 August, 2006 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Eucerini
thank you for the information Richard.
… edward trammel, 27 August, 2006 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

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