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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) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Large Squash Bees (Xenoglossa) » Subgenus Xenoglossa (Xenoglossa Subgenus Xenoglossa) » angustior or patricia (Xenoglossa angustior or patricia)
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My what big manibles you have... - Xenoglossa
Copyright © 2014 Mark S. Romero

My what big manibles you have... - Xenoglossa
Albuquerque, NW, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
July 2, 2005
Size: ~20mm
Near the Rio Grande in the yellow flower of a gourd. My first thought was either a Carpenter bee or Digger bee but, I just seen a Minning bee in BG. Any help would Bee appriciated.

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Contributed by Mark S. Romero on 10 March, 2014 - 11:02am
Last updated 11 September, 2020 - 12:39am

Moved
Moved from angustior or patricia.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 11 September, 2020 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 10 March, 2014 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

male Xenoglossa?
angustior or patricia???
… hg, 10 March, 2014 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you,
H. GO for your input. Although I have collected a lot of Hymenoptera some of them are tricky.
… Mark S. Romero, 10 March, 2014 - 11:12pm login or register to post comments

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