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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) » Nomad Bees (Nomadini) » Nomad Bees (Nomada) » roberjeotiana species group (Nomada roberjeotiana species group) » Nomada mutans
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Black and White on Rabbitbrush - Nomada mutans - female
Copyright © 2013 jeanne dammarell

Black and White on Rabbitbrush - Nomada mutans - Female
Coffeepot Lake, Lincoln County, Washington, USA
October 13, 2013
Feeding on Ericameria nauseosa.

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Contributed by jeanne dammarell on 16 October, 2013 - 10:23am
Last updated 21 February, 2021 - 10:47am

Moved
Moved from Nomad Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2020 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

Former subgenus Nomadita?
Female
… John S. Ascher, 22 September, 2014 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John! I've spent the e
Thanks John! I've spent the entire season on this site and have not encountered this again. I am still hopeful!
Jeanne
… jeanne dammarell, 22 September, 2014 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nomada, Nomad Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 25 February, 2014 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 16 October, 2013 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for making it offic
Thank you for making it official!
Jeanne
… jeanne dammarell, 16 October, 2013 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

Genus Nomada?
Looks like a cuckoo bee; not 100% sure but a beautiful specimen!
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 16 October, 2013 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
A female
… John S. Ascher, 16 October, 2013 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you for commenting. I a
Thank you for commenting. I am thinking one of the cuckoo bees as well but I wonder which one. I have seen three species of cuckoo on this site in the past week that do not generally show up in my sagebrush country bug shoots. It has been really exciting!
Jeanne
… jeanne dammarell, 16 October, 2013 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

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