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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) » Neolarrini » Neolarra
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Confused - Neolarra
Copyright © 2024 Glen Forister

Confused - Neolarra
Soda Springs, Nevada County, California, USA
July 23, 2015
Size: 4.4 mm
Elevation = 2,045 m (6,709 ft), GPS = 39.3105, -120.4038.
South of Soda Springs 2.1 km (1.67 mi) on Pahatsi Rd.
Caught while I was sweeping vegetation with an aerial net.

I was sorting and identifying my bees and found this hiding there, but don't know where to sort it to. Please help me. Interesting wing venation.

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Contributed by Glen Forister on 3 October, 2024 - 3:23pm
Last updated 6 October, 2024 - 7:36am

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 6 October, 2024 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

 
Wow.
I really didn't think it was a bee, but if I had tried the key in Carril & Wilson, I would have found it in two key couplets. That is a nice surprise. Those scales fooled me into maybe Crabronidae. That bee book is still new to me!

If I can add another character picture to get to species, let me know. Only 2 species & characters are mentioned in that book, and one of them isn't listed in BG.

Thanks.
… Glen Forister, 6 October, 2024 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

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