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Species Nomada australis

Sleeping Nomada - Nomada australis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)
Tribe Nomadini (Nomad Bees)
Genus Nomada (Nomad Bees)
No Taxon (erigeronis species group)
Species australis (Nomada australis)
Explanation of Names
Author: Mitchell, 1962

Refers to the Florida type locality. The species is now known to occur N to Canada
Size
Female 7-8 mm. Male 7-9 mm.
Range
Eastern North America
Food
Recorded on Allium, Erigeron, Vaccinium, Rubus. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Print References
Mitchell, T.B. 1962 Bees of the Eastern United States. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin No. 152.