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Large Cuckoo Leafcutter Bee - Coelioxys modestus - female
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Large Cuckoo Leafcutter Bee - Coelioxys modestus - Female
Riverdale, Westchester County, New York, USA
August 19, 2017
Size: 14 mm
This female cuckoo bee is unusually long (14 mm). The bee has partial, interrupted bands that extend from the sides of its abdomen, as well as narrow uninterrupted bands that rim the base of each tergum. The apex of S-6 is pointed.

Found feeding on yellow helenium in public garden of semi-urban area. Megachile inimica and texana seen same day in same area.

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Contributed by Jatai on 14 September, 2017 - 10:29am
Last updated 21 September, 2017 - 6:29pm

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Thanks for ID of Coelioxys modestus!
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