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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 » Epeolus » Epeolus bifasciatus
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bee - Epeolus bifasciatus - male
Copyright © 2007 tom murray

bee - Epeolus bifasciatus - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 12, 2007
Size: ~6-7mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 13 July, 2007 - 7:41am
Last updated 19 November, 2007 - 9:47pm

Identified from specimens
given to local bee expert, Michael Veit. This one a male, and the other a female.
… tom murray, 19 November, 2007 - 9:47pm login or register to post comments

Thanks Eric
The butterfly weed was attracting a good assortment of bees and other insects.
… tom murray, 13 July, 2007 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

Cuckoo bee.
This is a cuckoo bee as well, but I don't know the genus. We'll have to wait for Dr. Ascher, I imagine:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 July, 2007 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

This time...
I give up. This one is definitely too challenging for me! I'd rather lean for a bee distantly related to the former, but without being sure at all.
… Richard Vernier, 13 July, 2007 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

 
I'm surprised,
I found one that stumped you:-)
… tom murray, 13 July, 2007 - 9:45am login or register to post comments

 
Could this beee a male Anthophora?
.
… Adalbert Goertz, 20 July, 2007 - 9:42pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm waiting for identification
I gave this one to a local bee expert, and I'm just waiting for him to key it out.
… tom murray, 21 July, 2007 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

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