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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 Eumelissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Eumelissodes)
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Bee - Melissodes - female
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

Bee - Melissodes - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
September 15, 2008
Size: ~7-8mm
The bee is on one of the fall-blooming snow asters which is what I used to estimate the size.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 14 January, 2009 - 9:53pm
Last updated 11 December, 2010 - 10:03pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 October, 2009 - 1:07pm login or register to post comments

Worn Melissodes sp?
This is a female of what I suspect is a species of Melissodes. Please wait for confirmation from Dr. Ascher.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 January, 2009 - 11:54am login or register to post comments

 
yes, a Melissodes (Eumelissodes) female
likely M. druriella
… John S. Ascher, 6 October, 2009 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Melissodes
I'll bet it might be the same species as one I posted in 2006 but I'll wait for confirmation from Dr. Ascher.
… Ilona L., 15 January, 2009 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

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