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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 Apomelissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Apomelissodes) » Melissodes apicatus
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Bee on Swamp Iris - Melissodes apicatus
Copyright © 2017 Doug DeLaMatter

Bee on Swamp Iris - Melissodes apicatus
Combermere, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
July 17, 2017
Size: 1-2 cm
Odd (to me) fringes between abdominal segments. Pale beige colour throughout.
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Contributed by Doug DeLaMatter on 18 July, 2017 - 2:53pm
Last updated 6 August, 2017 - 7:31am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 6 August, 2017 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 5 August, 2017 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

date field needs correction, should display the sighting date
… v belov, 19 July, 2017 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

any Pontederia in the vicinity? At a lake?
reminds me of Melissodes apicata male
… John S. Ascher, 19 July, 2017 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

 
Bee on Swamp Iris
The colouration and abdomen fit very well to what I observed.
And yes. there was a large patch of "Pickerel Weed" nearby.
This was on the marshy shore of a small lake.
You are probably correct.
Thanks!
… Doug DeLaMatter, 19 July, 2017 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

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