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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) » ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees (Nomada ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees)
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Cuckoo bee from WV - Nomada - male
Copyright © 2008 Beatriz Moisset

Cuckoo bee from WV - Nomada - Male
Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA
April 24, 2008
On dandelion.
There are very few cuckoo bees from WV. Can it be IDed beyond Nomadinae?
Hymenoptera Anthophila Apidae Nomada representative
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 3 May, 2008 - 10:26am
Last updated 30 December, 2018 - 3:51pm

Thanks to both
Thanks to both
… Beatriz Moisset, 3 May, 2008 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

Nomada male
ruficornis species group (not species)

resembles N. bella (note black thorax and extensive yellow of terga)
… John S. Ascher, 3 May, 2008 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Genus Nomada
Can be certified quite confidently. The bad news is that this is a HUGE genus with very many similar species. Gender dimorphism often complicates further the matter.
… Richard Vernier, 3 May, 2008 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

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