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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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Longhorn Bee with milkweed pollinia on each foot - Melissodes bimaculatus - male
Copyright © 2018 Bill Zimmerman

Longhorn Bee with milkweed pollinia on each foot - Melissodes bimaculatus - Male
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
June 23, 2018
Size: 1/2”
The yellow "feet" were actually milkweed pollinia, one on each foot.

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Longhorn Bee with milkweed pollinia on each foot - Melissodes bimaculatus - male Unknown bee with yellow feet? - Melissodes bimaculatus - male Unknown bee with yellow feet? - Melissodes bimaculatus - male
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Contributed by Bill Zimmerman on 23 June, 2018 - 11:17am
Last updated 27 June, 2018 - 7:08am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 26 June, 2018 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

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… Bob Biagi, 24 June, 2018 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

Male - Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
Long antennae = ♂
This looks like a male Melissodes bimaculatus. (eastern) The yellow feet are parts of flowers, called pollinia.
… Bob Biagi, 24 June, 2018 - 10:31am login or register to post comments

 
Male - Two-spotted Longhorn Bee
Thank you for clarifying the pollinia aspect! Much appreciated!
… Bill Zimmerman, 27 June, 2018 - 7:05am login or register to post comments

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