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Wasp/Bee ID

Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 1:43 pm
by Dave McCormick
I took this today and wanted to know what it was. I looked up a few images, but a few looked similar and I was not sure:
Image

Re: Wasp/Bee ID

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:22 am
by Sylvie_h
Hi Dave,

It looks like a male Stelis Punctulatissima (Megachillinae group). Bees and Wasps are always a very difficult group to identify and I suggest that you look in the following website (which is excellent by the way!):
http://www.bwars.com/index.htm
Sylvie

Re: Wasp/Bee ID

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:19 pm
by Dave McCormick
Sylvie thanks for the link, it was helpful