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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Tiphioidea » Tiphiid Wasps (Tiphiidae) » Tiphiinae » Tiphia
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Small black sweat bee - Tiphia
Copyright © 2010 Scott Nelson

Small black sweat bee - Tiphia
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
June 23, 2010
Size: 7 mm

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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 24 June, 2010 - 9:32am
Last updated 25 June, 2010 - 7:53pm

Moved - Possibly Tiphia vernalis
Moved from Lasioglossum reticulatum.
… Scott Nelson, 25 June, 2010 - 7:53pm login or register to post comments

Not even a bee.
I'm reasonably certain this is a tiphiid wasp, family Tiphiidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 June, 2010 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Not even a bee
Hard to tell if you are being sarcastic or helpful here. I honestly don't see the difference in this picture compared to the others identified correctly. What are the characteristic difference that are evident from the picture? I deeply apologize for misidentification.
… Scott Nelson, 25 June, 2010 - 7:42pm login or register to post comments

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