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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) » Nomad Bees (Nomadini) » Nomad Bees (Nomada) » ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees (Nomada ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees)
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cuckoo bee - Nomada - male
Copyright © 2014 johnnotis

cuckoo bee - Nomada - Male
East Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA
April 2, 2014
Size: ~10mm
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Contributed by johnnotis on 3 April, 2014 - 5:26pm
Last updated 13 April, 2016 - 8:41pm

Moved
Moved from Nomad Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 13 April, 2016 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 3 April, 2014 - 8:14pm login or register to post comments

Nomada, I suspect


The experts will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 April, 2014 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm sure you're right, and that explains the situation
I was watching the entrance of a bee nest burrow, where I thought I'd seen an Andrena enter, and this individual kept patrolling around me and landing on a grass clump nearby. The nest occupant never came out, though I could just see its face about 1cm down.
… johnnotis, 3 April, 2014 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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