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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) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Melissodes » Subgenus Melissodes (Melissodes Subgenus Melissodes) » Two-spotted Longhorn Bee (Melissodes bimaculatus)
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Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female
Copyright © 2014 Loren & Babs Padelford

Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - Female
Bellevue, Sarpy County, Nebraska, USA
August 18, 2014
Size: approx. 15 mm
This black bee was working in our flower bed on Salvia. We think this may be a large carpenter bee. Any help with ID appreciated.

Thanks,
Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE

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Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female Black Bee - Melissodes bimaculatus - female
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Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 18 August, 2014 - 3:32pm
Last updated 31 December, 2014 - 11:39pm

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… John S. Ascher, 18 August, 2014 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Melissodes bimaculata
Dr. Ascher,

Thanks for the ID! We were on the wrong track with that one.

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE
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