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Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys (Coelioxys Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys)
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Coelioxys modestus
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Copyright © 2007
tom murray
Parasitic Leaf-cutting bee -
Coelioxys modestus
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Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 12, 2007
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Contributed by
tom murray
on 13 July, 2007 - 7:36am
Last updated 8 November, 2009 - 6:01pm
Moved
Moved from
Coelioxys
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John S. Ascher
, 8 November, 2009 - 6:01pm
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Coelioxys modesta
female
note hairy apex of S6 and hairy-margined carina of T1
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John S. Ascher
, 8 November, 2009 - 6:01pm
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Thanks Richard
It has all the markings of a leaf-cutter bee, but that pointed abdomen is obviously different.
The orange flowers are butterfly weed (asclepsias), and they do attract a lot of insects.
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tom murray
, 13 July, 2007 - 9:34am
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Parasitic Leaf-cutting Bee - Coelioxys
Sharply pointed last gastral segment is the hallmark for the female gender of these close relatives - and intimates enemies - of true leaf-cutting bees. Here a fairly small species, who should parasitize small Megachile species too. These orange flowers really seem to be a gold-mine.
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Richard Vernier
, 13 July, 2007 - 9:23am
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