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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 » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees (Megachilini) » Sharptail Bees (Coelioxys)
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Potter wasp? - Coelioxys - female
Copyright © 2017 Pamela Piombino

Potter wasp? - Coelioxys - Female
west of Hover Drive in Longmont by 6 miles, Boulder County, Colorado, USA
August 30, 2017

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Potter wasp? - Coelioxys - female Potter wasp? - Coelioxys - female Potter wasp? - Coelioxys - female Potter wasp? - Coelioxys - female
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Contributed by Pamela Piombino on 31 August, 2017 - 12:53pm
Last updated 31 August, 2017 - 7:01pm

Coelioxys
I've added the other photos I took, but I don't think they will add much. Thanks to all for their comments, Pam
… Pamela Piombino, 31 August, 2017 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 31 August, 2017 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

Coelioxys octodentatus
Dear Maggie,

Thanks so very much for getting me searching in the right direction. I do believe that it is, as you suggest, Coelioxys octodentatus. It seems to match and I did look carefully at the wing veination as well. I didn't realize that the red legs could be an important distinction between this Genus and the Potters.
Best, Pam
… Pamela Piombino, 31 August, 2017 - 3:04pm login or register to post comments

It looks more like one of the
It looks more like one of the Cuckoo-leaf-cutter Bees to me, but I don't know what you have locally. I'm sure those red legs are a clue. (:
… Maggie Furtak, 31 August, 2017 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

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