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Photo#71531
Copyright © 2006
Steve Scott
Bee -
Triepeolus
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Lawton, Van Buren County, Michigan, USA
July 22, 2006
Large enough, I took it for a wasp when I was imaging - but it looks more like a bee now. Possibly in the Megachilidae?
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Contributed by
Steve Scott
on 18 August, 2006 - 7:19pm
Last updated 11 June, 2007 - 8:51am
Moved
Moved from
Epeolini
.
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Steve Scott
, 16 October, 2006 - 6:56pm
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Triepeolus
could be T. pectoralis
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John S. Ascher
, 16 October, 2006 - 1:14pm
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Epeolini
Nomadinae
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John S. Ascher
, 8 October, 2006 - 12:01pm
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The flowers...
Are whitlow grass,
Draba verna
. Odd for it to be flowering this late.
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Patrick Alexander
, 19 August, 2006 - 12:02am
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It was
a weed growing in a flowerbed so may have been seeded late.
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Steve Scott
, 19 August, 2006 - 7:44pm
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Superb.
Probably the best images yet of either Epeolus or Triepeolus in the family Apidae, tribe Epeolini. These are cuckoo bees that are parasitic on other bees. Doug Yanega can probably tell us the genus eventually.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 18 August, 2006 - 7:35pm
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Searching web
Description of
Epeolus scutellaris
looks promising as does the image at
Cedar Creek
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Steve Scott
, 23 August, 2006 - 2:10pm
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not Epeolus scutellaris
axillae too small and dark
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John S. Ascher
, 8 October, 2006 - 12:02pm
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Great
I thought it was something different.
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Steve Scott
, 19 August, 2006 - 7:45pm
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