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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)
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Cuckoo Bee - Nomada
Copyright © 2010 Dave Beaudette

Cuckoo Bee - Nomada
Miller Canyon, south of Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
February 16, 2010
Several of these at flowers of Point-leaf Manzanita, Arctostaphylos pungens. Not sure if this is Cerceris.
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Contributed by Dave Beaudette on 19 February, 2010 - 8:22am
Last updated 19 February, 2010 - 7:33pm

A few more
of these seen today on manzanita at Fort Huachuca. Having a hard time getting a good photo of these.
… Dave Beaudette, 19 February, 2010 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

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… Dave Beaudette, 19 February, 2010 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

Not Cerceris.
This is a cuckoo bee in the genus Nomada. They are frequently mistaken for wasps....I've seen few of these in AZ, but then didn't suspect they could appear so early in the year!
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 February, 2010 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

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