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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) » Melissodes » Subgenus Melissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Melissodes) » Two-spotted Longhorn Bee (Melissodes bimaculatus)
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Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female
Copyright © 2007 Bob Moul

Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - Female
Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 6, 2007
Size: 3/4 inch
Could this be a member of the Osmia tribe? Gender?

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Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female
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Contributed by Bob Moul on 6 August, 2007 - 7:10pm
Last updated 7 August, 2007 - 10:05am

Melissodes female?
Looks like this may be a female Melissodes bimaculata. Do wait for John Ascher to confirm, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 August, 2007 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
it is M. bimaculata
… John S. Ascher, 7 August, 2007 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

 
Bee gender
John, I think Eric IDed this as a female. How can I tell whether it is a male or female?

Thanks.
… Bob Moul, 7 August, 2007 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

 
Bee
Many thanks, Eric and John. Your expertise is greatly appreciated. A great website with very helpful folks like you.
… Bob Moul, 7 August, 2007 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

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