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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
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Bee with Green Eye - Melissodes - male
Copyright © 2005 Naomi Smith

Bee with Green Eye - Melissodes - Male
Ontario, Canada
August 13, 2005
Size: Approximately 1/2 inch
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 18 August, 2005 - 5:22pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 1:00pm

Moved
Moved from Long-horned bees.
… John S. Ascher, 19 November, 2009 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Male Eucerini bee.
Nice image, Naomi! This is a male bee, family Apidae, tribe Eucerini (can tell by extra long antennae it is a male), probably in the genus Melissodes. They are great pollinators of wildflowers.
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 August, 2005 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee with Green Eye
Thanks for your help. I am new to photographing insects and I find them very confusing. I have posted another bee in the same flower perhaps you could help with that. I am looking forward to your book.
… Naomi Smith, 20 August, 2005 - 7:56am login or register to post comments

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