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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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Unknown solitary bee - Melissodes bimaculatus
Copyright © 2005 Andy Wehrle

Unknown solitary bee - Melissodes bimaculatus
Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 6, 2002
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Contributed by Andy Wehrle on 3 May, 2005 - 4:55pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 5:29pm

Moved
Moved from Melissodes.
… John S. Ascher, 19 November, 2009 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

from eric
Melissodes sp.
Looking at the other images, I would guess this is a female of Melissodes bimaculata, a very common eastern species in the genus.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 May, 2005 - 6:16pm
… john and jane balaban, 27 May, 2005 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
male, if Melissodes bimaculata.
I think it is a male. The female has white "tail lights" and whitish
brushes on hind legs which I dont see.
… Adalbert Goertz, 28 June, 2005 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
no
a female

males have a yellow clypeus
… John S. Ascher, 19 November, 2009 - 5:29pm login or register to post comments

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