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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) » ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees (Nomada ruficornis species group, Typical Nomad Bees) » valida and relatives including lehighensis (Nomada valida and relatives including lehighensis)
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Fly or wasp? - Nomada
Copyright © 2012 PictureTaker

Fly or wasp? - Nomada
Pelham, Bradshaw Park, Niagara, Ontario, Canada
March 28, 2012
Size: 3-4mm
This little guy was found flirting over the leaf litter during the early afternoon hours on a hot day. It was moving more like a fly (short hurried erratic movements) rather than the smoother moves of a wasp. Unsure as to whether it has two or one set of wings.
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Contributed by PictureTaker on 31 March, 2012 - 11:38am
Last updated 16 April, 2015 - 11:58am

Moved
Moved from ruficornis species group.
… John S. Ascher, 12 October, 2012 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 1 April, 2012 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Nomada female in the ruficornis species group
resembles Nomada lehighensis (which has been confused with N. valida)
… John S. Ascher, 1 April, 2012 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

I thought
I would find it in Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees), but so far no luck.

Edit: Kind of close...
… John R. Maxwell, 31 March, 2012 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

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