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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) » Cuckoo Bees (Nomadinae) » Epeolini » Triepeolus » Triepeolus lunatus
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Is this Apidae family,Cuckoo Bee, Triepeolus sp - Triepeolus lunatus - female
Copyright © 2013 Fitz O.Clarke, Jr.

Is this Apidae family,Cuckoo Bee, Triepeolus sp - Triepeolus lunatus - Female
Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA
June 24, 2013
79 degrees, feeding on Clasping Heliotrope (Heliotropium amplexicaule). I believe it is Triepeolus lunatus. ID please?

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Is this Apidae family,Cuckoo Bee, Triepeolus sp - Triepeolus lunatus - female Is this Apidae family,Cuckoo Bee, Triepeolus sp - Triepeolus lunatus - female Is this Apidae family,Cuckoo Bee, Triepeolus sp - Triepeolus lunatus - female Is this Apidae family,Cuckoo Bee, Triepeolus sp - Triepeolus lunatus - female
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Contributed by Fitz O.Clarke, Jr. on 24 June, 2013 - 2:14pm
Last updated 30 July, 2013 - 8:37pm

Moved
Moved from Triepeolus.
… John S. Ascher, 30 July, 2013 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
John- thank you for having vi
John- thank you for having viewed my submission and confirmed my tentative ID as Triepeolus lunatus.This species is daily present during the summer months nectaring on Clasping Heliotrope, Heliotropium amplexicaule
… Fitz O.Clarke, Jr., 31 July, 2013 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

Female
It does appear to be lunatus
… John S. Ascher, 30 July, 2013 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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