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Tribe Melectini - Mourning Bees

Melecta · Brachymelecta · Zacosmia

Genus Melecta
Bombus species? - Melecta - female Black bee topped with fuzzy orange - Melecta Anthophora? - Melecta Bee - Melecta bee - Anthophora? - Melecta ant wasp-like? - Melecta - male ant wasp-like? - Melecta - male Bee - Melecta

Genus Brachymelecta
Is this a Cuckoo Bee? If so, which species? - Brachymelecta californica Xeromelecta? - Brachymelecta interrupta Possible Epeolus on Yarrow (Achillea millefolia) - Brachymelecta californica bee - Brachymelecta californica California Cuckoo Bee - Brachymelecta californica Wasp species? - Brachymelecta californica - male Xeromelecta ? - Brachymelecta californica 240831 aster - Brachymelecta californica - male

Genus Zacosmia
Bee #4 - Zacosmia maculata Zacosmia maculata - male Hymenoptera-Zacosmia maculata - Zacosmia maculata Hymenoptera-Zacosmia maculata - Zacosmia maculata Zacosmia NM - Zacosmia maculata - male Unknown California bee - Zacosmia maculata - female Unknown California bee - Zacosmia maculata - female Apidae - Zacosmia maculata - male


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