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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) » roberjeotiana species group (Nomada roberjeotiana species group) » Nomada mutans
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Bee of Some Kind - Nomada mutans - male
Copyright © 2019 olynatureguy

Bee of Some Kind - Nomada mutans - Male
Grand Coulee Area, Douglas County, Washington, USA
September 24, 2019
Size: 12mm
Found on ubiquitous rubber rabbitbrush plants. Keeps company in small numbers with abundant Colletes species. I guess it's a parasitoid but doesn't strike me as a Nomada sp.

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Bee of Some Kind - Nomada mutans - male Bee of Some Kind - Nomada mutans - male
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Contributed by olynatureguy on 26 September, 2019 - 11:31pm
Last updated 29 September, 2020 - 9:07pm

Moved
Moved from Nomad Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2020 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 26 September, 2019 - 11:52pm login or register to post comments

Male
11 flagellomeres = ♂
Wow, I might have found his girlfriend, but I'm not sure of the species.
Nomada:
… Bob Biagi, 26 September, 2019 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Washington Bee
Aha, looks like we were looking in the same part of the world. Thanks for the ID.
… olynatureguy, 29 September, 2019 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

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