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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 Melissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Melissodes)
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Unknown Bee - Melissodes
Copyright © 2009 Dead of Winter

Unknown Bee - Melissodes
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
June 30, 2009
Seen midday to late afternoon on flowers in both Austin, Texas (Travis Co.) and in Clint, Texas (El Paso Co.). Not very numerous, I would only see 1 or 2 at a time in a large area (20-30 foot).

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Contributed by Dead of Winter on 8 July, 2009 - 3:27pm
Last updated 19 November, 2009 - 4:31pm

Moved
Moved from Melissodes.
… John S. Ascher, 19 November, 2009 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 25 July, 2009 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Melissodes male
could be a species of subgenus Melissodes such as tepaneca
… John S. Ascher, 8 July, 2009 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks! I have a feeling I would have never found that in field guides!
… Dead of Winter, 8 July, 2009 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

 
no, you would not have!
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… John S. Ascher, 19 November, 2009 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

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