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Photo#58541
Copyright © 2006
Steve Scott
Another megachil? -
Heriades
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Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
June 15, 2006
Size: 5 mm
I'm going on the abdomenal scopa. Any other ideas.
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Contributed by
Steve Scott
on 18 June, 2006 - 11:58pm
Last updated 8 November, 2009 - 3:44pm
Moved
Moved from
Osmiini
.
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John S. Ascher
, 8 November, 2009 - 3:44pm
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Moved
Moved from
Heriades
.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 6 December, 2006 - 2:39pm
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Moved
Moved from
Megachilidae
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Eric R. Eaton
, 6 December, 2006 - 2:34pm
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Megachilid not Lasioglossum
Neither a leaf-cutter bee nor a halictid. This looks like Heriades
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John S. Ascher
, 23 September, 2006 - 11:07pm
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Thanks
again for your input, John.
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Steve Scott
, 11 October, 2006 - 8:47pm
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Lasioglossum sp. (Halictidae)
Not Leaf-cutter Bee.
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Adalbert Goertz
, 19 June, 2006 - 11:33am
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not in any way resembling Lasioglossum
not even close
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John S. Ascher
, 11 October, 2006 - 8:15pm
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Thanks
for another ID.
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Steve Scott
, 19 June, 2006 - 4:44pm
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Wrong.
Scott, you are quite correct that this is a female in the family Megachilidae (though perhaps not the genus Megachile). You can clearly see from your images that she collects pollen on the underside of her abdomen. In North America, at least, ONLY Megachilidae do this. The genus may be Heriades.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 22 June, 2006 - 6:29pm
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yes it does look like Heriades
good call
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John S. Ascher
, 23 September, 2006 - 11:08pm
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Thanks
Eric, for the correction.
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Steve Scott
, 23 June, 2006 - 9:53am
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