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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 » Sweat, Furrow, Nomiine, and Short-faced Bees (Halictidae) » Nomiine Bees (Nomiinae) » Nomia » Nomia nortoni
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Handsome bee - Nomia nortoni - male
Copyright © 2006 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Handsome bee - Nomia nortoni - Male
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
September 3, 2006
Size: 15 mm
Pretty sure this is a male, by the long antennae and the fact it didn't sting me when I caught it in my hand. Is it a digger bee? I've never seen one with these enlarged hind legs before. The creamy stripes on the abdomen have a greenish iridescence - very striking.

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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 3 September, 2006 - 10:38am
Last updated 11 October, 2006 - 5:24pm

Moved
Moved from Nomia.
… Martin Hauser, 11 October, 2006 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

Nomia (Acunomia) nortoni Cresson, 1868
male
… John S. Ascher, 11 October, 2006 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

Awesome bee! It is a male of
Awesome bee! It is a male of the very distinct genus Nomia.
… Martin Hauser, 3 September, 2006 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Martin!
Very distinct indeed! I never would have guessed it was a sweat bee - though that lovely iridescence on the stripes makes more sense now!

I found a key to the five species of Nomia in FL here, and I've keyed this out as Nomia nortoni - the only one with the iridescent stripes and the giant legs.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 3 September, 2006 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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