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Epeolini on Asclepias tuberosa - Epeolus lectoides - female
Copyright © 2017 Martin R Lucas

Epeolini on Asclepias tuberosa - Epeolus lectoides - Female
Lena Park, Starke County, Indiana, USA
July 6, 2017
This seemed smaller than the Epeolini cuckoo bees I've previously photographed, but that's just an impression. On Asclepias tuberosa in a sand prairie and oldfield area. Lots of Monarda fistulosa was blooming nearby, but I only saw this bee on the butterfly milkweed.

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Epeolini on Asclepias tuberosa - Epeolus lectoides - female Epeolini on Asclepias tuberosa - Epeolus lectoides - female Epeolini on Asclepias tuberosa - Epeolus lectoides - female
Contributed by Martin R Lucas on 6 July, 2017 - 9:00pm
Last updated 12 October, 2017 - 10:04am

Moved
Moved from Epeolus.
… John S. Ascher, 12 October, 2017 - 10:04am

 
thanks!
Much appreciated Dr. Ascher. It was my impression these were, at times, fairly common at this site -- I found it interesting that Discover Life doesn't list A. tuberosa as an associated plant, but all the photos of it on BG show it visiting A. tuberosa.
… Martin R Lucas, 12 October, 2017 - 11:06am

Moved
Moved from Epeolini.
… John S. Ascher, 7 August, 2017 - 5:47am

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… John S. Ascher, 7 July, 2017 - 6:46am

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