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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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Sleeping wasp?? - Sphecodes
Copyright © 2008 Phil Huntley-Franck

Sleeping wasp?? - Sphecodes
Elkton, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 4, 2008
Size: approx. 1/2 inch
I think this fuzzy little wasp was sleeping. Any idea what kind it is?

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Contributed by Phil Huntley-Franck on 16 September, 2008 - 2:28pm
Last updated 5 October, 2008 - 12:20am

Bee.
Looks like a halictid bee in the genus Sphecodes (parasitic, so no pollen baskets).
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 September, 2008 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Antennae dont look
like Halictid.
… Adalbert Goertz, 18 September, 2008 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

 
For ID
Adalbert, I've added a second image of this specimen, a dorsal view that shows the antenna more clearly. Hope it helps.

Phil
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 18 September, 2008 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I stand by Sphecodes.
I'll stand by my identification of Sphecodes, and will say nothing of the track record of the other commentator.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 September, 2008 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you, Eric. Just got th
Thank you, Eric. Just got the Kaufman guide. Looks like it will help me with identification of all the marvelous bugs in my yard.
… Phil Huntley-Franck, 18 September, 2008 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

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