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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) » Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees (Xylocopinae) » Small Carpenter Bees (Ceratina) » Subgenus Zadontomerus (Ceratina Subgenus Zadontomerus)
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Carpenter Bee - Ceratina
Copyright © 2006 Callen Harty

Carpenter Bee - Ceratina
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 27, 2006
This looks like several species to me and I can't pinpoint which one. It looks like some of the cuckoo wasps, some of the chalcids, and possibly Larropsis distincta. It was a very dark green and it appears there may be some black or darker stripes. Any help id'ing it would be appreciated.
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Contributed by Callen Harty on 2 September, 2006 - 4:00pm
Last updated 6 March, 2014 - 5:32pm

Moved
Moved from Small Carpenter Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 6 March, 2014 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Ceratina
It is not the best pic for an ID, but I would think it is a bee of the genus Ceratina. They often have a white marking on the head (clypeus) and are green or blue metallic and sometimes black. They have a strongly convex abdomen and are not very hairy.
… Martin Hauser, 3 September, 2006 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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