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unknown cuckoo bee - Triepeolus brittaini - female

unknown cuckoo bee - Triepeolus brittaini - Female
Shemogue - Chemin du Moulin, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
August 17, 2013

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unknown cuckoo bee - Triepeolus brittaini - female unknown cuckoo bee - Triepeolus brittaini - female unknown cuckoo bee - Triepeolus brittaini - female

Moved
Moved from cf. brittaini.

Moved
Moved from Cuckoo Bees.

Triepeolus female
I believe this is Triepeolus brittaini, a speciality of Maritime Canada. Note the black legs (vs. red in other species found in NB such as T. pectoralis)

 
Thanks!
Thanks so very much, John. Wonderful to learn of the existence of this regional specialty!

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