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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) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Melissodes » Subgenus Heliomelissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Heliomelissodes) » Melissodes desponsus
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longhorn bee - Melissodes desponsus - male
Copyright © 2022 Larry Reis

longhorn bee - Melissodes desponsus - Male
Kendallville WMA, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
July 18, 2021
I wonder if this male longhorn bee might be Svastra atripes?

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 7 April, 2022 - 8:13am
Last updated 26 May, 2023 - 8:39pm

Moved
Moved from Longhorn Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 26 May, 2023 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Melissodes desponsus
Thanks for identifying this male longhorn bee as Melissodes desponsus, John. I would have expected him to be on a thistle flower, but now I know better.
… Larry Reis, 26 May, 2023 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

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