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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) » Cuckoo Bees (Nomadinae) » Epeolini » Epeolus » Epeolus bifasciatus
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Cuckoo Bee? - Epeolus bifasciatus
Copyright © 2013 Heather Holm

Cuckoo Bee? - Epeolus bifasciatus
Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
July 23, 2013
Nectaring on blue vervain, Verbena hastata.

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Contributed by Heather Holm on 23 July, 2013 - 5:17pm
Last updated 23 July, 2013 - 9:02pm

Epeolus bifasciatus
female bee
… John S. Ascher, 23 July, 2013 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Yikes--now that's embarassing!
The folded wings got me, I guess.

On the plus side, the pics did get the "expert attention" I was looking for. :)

Sorry for the misdirection.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 July, 2013 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Potter and Mason Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 23 July, 2013 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Bears at least a superficial resemblance to Euodynerus crypticus:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 July, 2013 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
an interesting case of mimicry
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… John S. Ascher, 23 July, 2013 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

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