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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) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Mourning Bees (Melectini) » Melecta » Melecta separata » Melecta separata callura
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Xylocopa tabaniformis? - Melecta separata
Copyright © 2014 Celise Sharpe

Xylocopa tabaniformis? - Melecta separata
Between Yreka and Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou County, California, USA
April 14, 2014
Found visiting apple blossoms near my house. At first I thought Bombus because it is so hairy and large,but couldn't find pictures of any with the white on the abdomen in the pattern photographed. Also, the hairs on the legs didn't seem right for a bombus. Searching this site I found a couple of pictures of Xylocopa tabaniformis with similar markings, but not all pictures with that name had the markings. Is it a variation, or something else?
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Contributed by Celise Sharpe on 15 April, 2014 - 9:38am
Last updated 27 July, 2021 - 9:45pm

Moved
Moved from Divided Mourning Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 27 July, 2021 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melecta.
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… John S. Ascher, 15 April, 2014 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

cuckooo?
looks like a (male? - white on legs) Melecta separata but i am not familiar with western bees
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