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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 sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Crabronidae) » Square-headed Wasps (Crabroninae) » Oxybelini » Oxybelus
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small bee with swollen femurs on sand - Oxybelus
Copyright © 2021 Larry Reis

small bee with swollen femurs on sand - Oxybelus
Spillville Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 12, 2020
Size: ~6 mm
I think this may be a fairy bee in the family Andrenidae but I'm not sure about that. I looked for bees with swollen femurs like this one has and didn't find much.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 27 December, 2021 - 8:59am
Last updated 27 December, 2021 - 10:21am

The nice thing to look at on
The nice thing to look at on these guys is the expanded wings of the scutellum which also has projections.
… Glen Forister, 27 December, 2021 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
expanded wings of the scutellum
I see what you mean about the expanded wings on the scutellum in Oxybelus, Glen. I didn't know what you meant at first but then checked out photos of Oxybelus and saw your excellent close up showing that characteristic. I'll be watching for those scutellum wings if I ever find any more similar wasps. Thanks so much for your help!
… Larry Reis, 27 December, 2021 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 December, 2021 - 10:21am login or register to post comments

 
Oxybelus
Thanks for identifying this mystery hymenopteran, to me, as being a square-headed wasp in the genus Oxybelus, Ken! I sure wouldn't have guessed that the two wasps I submitted today would be in the same genus.
… Larry Reis, 27 December, 2021 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

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