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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Sweat and Furrow Bees (Halictinae) » Halictini » Blood Bees (Sphecodes)
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Sweat Bee - Sphecodes - male
Copyright © 2008 Kevin Hall

Sweat Bee - Sphecodes - Male
Lacey (near Olympia), Thurston County, Washington, USA
April 10, 2008

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Contributed by Kevin Hall on 15 April, 2008 - 11:45pm
Last updated 26 June, 2008 - 12:15am

Sphecodes sp. (Halictini) - male (Cuckoo - Bee)
There are many very similar species of this genus.
… Richard Vernier, 16 April, 2008 - 2:56am login or register to post comments

 
more photos
Thx Richard! I do have more shots of this critter if they'd help in keying him out further. I put what I thought were the best two up, but I don't know which features would be useful, so there may be another shot that isn't as good overall but shows something in particular.
… Kevin Hall, 16 April, 2008 - 11:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Sphecodes of western USA are unrevised
so species ID is very difficult even with specimens
… John S. Ascher, 17 April, 2008 - 1:53am login or register to post comments

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