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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) » Epeolini » Epeolus » Epeolus canadensis
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Cuckoo bee - Epeolus canadensis
Copyright © 2008 Heidi Eaton

Cuckoo bee - Epeolus canadensis
Pike National Forest, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
July 21, 2008
Size: ~1/2 inch
I can only see one pair of wings, so I believe this to be one of the flower flies. - but I was wrong and it's a bee.
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Contributed by Heidi Eaton on 21 July, 2008 - 8:03pm
Last updated 9 May, 2018 - 10:20pm

Moved
Moved from Epeolus.

ID by author of revision Thomas Onuferko
… John S. Ascher, 9 May, 2018 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Epeolini.
… John S. Ascher, 8 November, 2009 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

Epeolus
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… John S. Ascher, 8 November, 2009 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

cuckoo bee?
It looks very similar to tribe Epeolini found here.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 July, 2008 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
correct
Epeolini
… John S. Ascher, 21 July, 2008 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the help!
I'm learning so much!
… Heidi Eaton, 21 July, 2008 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

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