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Digger Bee - Melissodes - female
Copyright © 2006 Ilona L.

Digger Bee - Melissodes - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 1, 2006
Is this a female bee of the tribe Eucerini?

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Digger Bee - Melissodes - female Digger Bee - Melissodes - female Digger Bee - Melissodes - female
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 11 September, 2006 - 11:25pm
Last updated 19 March, 2008 - 3:08pm

Moved
Moved from Melissodes.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 19 March, 2008 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

Melissodes (Eumelissodes) female
could be agilis or trinodis
… John S. Ascher, 25 September, 2006 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

Melissodes (Eumelissodes) female
could be agilis or perhaps trinodis
… John S. Ascher, 25 September, 2006 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Yes.
This is most likely a female Melissodes species, but I don't have enough experience to rule out another genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 12 September, 2006 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Melissodes sp. (Apidae)
Yes, I concur.
… Adalbert Goertz, 13 September, 2006 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

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