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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) » Nomad Bees (Nomadini) » Nomad Bees (Nomada) » vegana species group (Nomada vegana species group) » Nomada fervida
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small wasp (or bee) with pebbly thorax - Nomada fervida - female
Copyright © 2019 simonsr35

small wasp (or bee) with pebbly thorax - Nomada fervida - Female
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
August 12, 2019
Size: 1.5 cm
This insect was photographed in a patch of blooming giant ironweed (Vernonia gigantea), where the bee Agapostamon splendens is an abundant visitor, with several males visible any time when the sun is shining on the flowers.
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Contributed by simonsr35 on 11 August, 2019 - 6:40pm
Last updated 8 September, 2019 - 8:58am

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This looks like a female Nomad Bee, most likely Nomada fervida. (south-eastern) Hold on for an expert.
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