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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) » Cuckoo Bees (Nomadinae) » Epeolini » Epeolus » Epeolus bifasciatus
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small bee ? - Epeolus bifasciatus
Copyright © 2018 Bruce Siegel

small bee ? - Epeolus bifasciatus
Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois, USA
August 10, 2018
Size: small ~1/2 inch
small bee on butterfly weed (milkweed) Yellow strips, but did not get backside to see if stripes continue on the abdomen.

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Contributed by Bruce Siegel on 19 August, 2018 - 8:51pm
Last updated 21 August, 2018 - 9:52pm

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… Matthias Buck, 21 August, 2018 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Mason/potter wasp. Others will be able to take the ID further.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 August, 2018 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Epeolus bifasciatus
One of my favorite vespid mimics! They even fold their wings!
… Matthias Buck, 21 August, 2018 - 9:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Arrgh. I hate being fooled. :)
What should I have picked up on to know that this was a bee and not a wasp?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 August, 2018 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

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