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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 Heliomelissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Heliomelissodes) » Melissodes desponsus
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Bee with yellow
Copyright © 2011 James Reben

Bee with yellow "leg warmers" - Melissodes desponsus - Female
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
August 18, 2011
bad pics, it was windy and they don't stop!

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Bee with yellow Bee with yellow
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Contributed by James Reben on 18 August, 2011 - 8:30pm
Last updated 9 September, 2011 - 8:31pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 9 September, 2011 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

Melissodes desponsa
female
… John S. Ascher, 9 September, 2011 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 26 August, 2011 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… James Reben, 18 August, 2011 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

Bumblebee
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15029
The "leg warmers" are sacs, filled with pollen.
… Caroline Muir, 18 August, 2011 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

 
incorrect
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… John S. Ascher, 9 September, 2011 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh, thanks! I feel like I sh
Oh, thanks! I feel like I should have known that, but they looked like hair at first...
… James Reben, 18 August, 2011 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Maybe someone with more expertise ...
... will tell us what variety of Bumblebee it is.
… Caroline Muir, 18 August, 2011 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, I agree, and moved th
Thanks, I agree, and moved them to better location...
… James Reben, 18 August, 2011 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

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