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Phillip Wallace
Bee? -
Tachytes
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Near Varnado, Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 21, 2019
I think this is a bee and not a wasp, but I'm not positive. Any help with ID would be much appreciated.
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Contributed by
Phillip Wallace
on 26 September, 2019 - 4:49pm
Male
7 abdominal segments = ♂
Wow, that's a lot of pollen! This might be a male
Tachytes distinctus
, but it's hard to be sure.
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Bob Biagi
, 26 September, 2019 - 5:35pm
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Thanks.
Thanks, Bob. Maybe one day I'll learn to distinguish wasps from bees.
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Phillip Wallace
, 27 September, 2019 - 8:56am
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Moved
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Ken Wolgemuth
, 26 September, 2019 - 5:26pm
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