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Mystery wasp or bee on Erigeron sp  - Nomada - male

Mystery wasp or bee on Erigeron sp - Nomada - Male
6 miles NW Lyons, boulder County, Colorado, USA
June 5, 2009
Size: About 12 mm body length
I have three wasps or possibly bees that we saw within a one week period in June, 2009. Although each is different in many details, they all share many similarities. This is the first one, photographed on 5 Jul 2009. It is black, red and yellow with a black hairy vertex and thorax. The venation is distinct and has 3 submarginal cells. The bumps or knobs on the thorax between the wings are red. It is the largest of the three insects at about 12 mm.

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Maybe something like
Nomada

 
Thanks! You are right!
I checked out Nomada in the BugGuide search and saw #404270, a Nomada bee from a neighboring county. It is complete with the red bumps on the thorax. Interestingly, it is identified by John Ascher as a male in the Nomada erigeronis species group, and I found "my" nomada on an Erigeron species. The venation always looked beelike, though the insect itself seemed more wasplike.

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