#melissodes

[bowelfly]

disco bee

[onenicebugperday]

Longhorn bee, Melissodes sp., Apidae

Photographed in Virginia by Judy Gallagher

[cnestus]

fantroll male eucerine bee

[celestialmacros]

Sometimes I wish I could pet bees

Longhorn bees, Melissodes sp.

August 2, 2023

Southeastern Pennsylvania

[coffeenuts]

[ichneumoniid]

Little sleepy mans

(Melissodes bimaculatus, 7/1/2024)

[usgsbiml]

Dasypotda hirtipes - The Netherlands. Fact: bee genera  inhabiting western Europe almost all can be found in North America.  There are exceptions and Dasypoda is one of them.  I like to think of the fluffy #Dasypoda genus as a Euro replacements for the #Melissodes they don't have

[wasppilled]

BEE CLUSTER

Caught a group of longhorn bees (*Melissodes bimaculatus*) clustered together to sleep for the night :-) Like many hymenopterans, they hang on to a branch or stem with their mandibles to go to sleep!