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Nomada placida
Photo#79933
Copyright © 2006
edward trammel
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Nomada placida
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fayetteville, washington County, Arkansas, USA
September 27, 2006
Size: ~6-8mm
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Contributed by
edward trammel
on 27 September, 2006 - 10:04pm
Last updated 12 July, 2017 - 4:13pm
Moved
Moved from
Nomada
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Cotinis
, 10 January, 2007 - 2:28am
N. placida
another new record for Arkansas
wish we had more specimens of this species...the AMNH only has two!
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John S. Ascher
, 12 October, 2006 - 7:49pm
wonderful
thank you for identifying this little bee Dr. Ascher. also, i would have been pleased to send you as many of these as you could have wanted, for a while there were a great many feeding on the goldenrods, but it seems the weather has put an end to them.
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edward trammel
, 12 October, 2006 - 8:11pm
maybe next year
it seems you have many interesting bees in your area
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John S. Ascher
, 13 October, 2006 - 1:22pm
Nomada sp.
This is one of the cuckoo bees in the genus Nomada. I didn't know they could be seen in the fall.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 28 September, 2006 - 2:35pm
the fall Nomada are parasites of composite specialist Andrena
Andrena (Cnemidandrena) and Andrena (Callandrena) sensu lato
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John S. Ascher
, 13 October, 2006 - 1:22pm
Fall Nomadas
in Colorado Springs are N. vincta and N.zebrata which this one is not.
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Adalbert Goertz
, 28 September, 2006 - 4:10pm
vincta and zebrata belong to the vincta species group,
aka subgenus Pachynomada
whereas placida belongs to the roberjeotiana species group, aka subgenus Nomadita (and Callinomada)
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John S. Ascher
, 28 January, 2007 - 11:15am
fall
this is the first i have seen of these, and there are many of them. thank you both for the info.
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edward trammel
, 28 September, 2006 - 5:27pm