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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) » Nomad Bees (Nomadini) » Nomad Bees (Nomada) » ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees (Nomada ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees)
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Red Bee/Wasp ... ID, please! - Nomada
Copyright © 2009 William Donald Newton

Red Bee/Wasp ... ID, please! - Nomada
Chamblee, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
April 19, 2009
Size: 1/2 inch?
These have flitted around the tops and sides of red-berry hollies, adjacent magnolia and weed clusters for about a week. Rare are the times one settles long enough to be imaged. Rusty-red with yellow spots on abdomen. And impressive little animal.

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Contributed by William Donald Newton on 19 April, 2009 - 6:49pm
Last updated 29 April, 2009 - 3:40pm

Nomada female
in the ruficornis species group

searching for Andrena nests
… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2009 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Andrena nests?
Are they that specific in their prey? Amazing relationship! I believe I have Andrena in my "hood".

Indeed, I do! http://bugguide.net/node/view/258030
… William Donald Newton, 19 April, 2009 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Nomada are cleptoparasites
not predators

This one is a cleptoparasite of certain Andrena.

The host range of most Nomada species is unknown or inadequately known
… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2009 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Some Nomada have multiple host species
or even subgenera, but others may be highly specific
… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2009 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Absolutely ...
... fascinating. Thanks!
… William Donald Newton, 20 April, 2009 - 6:24am login or register to post comments

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