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Pickerelweed Long-horned Bee

Melissodes apicatus

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Apidae

Melissodes apicatus, the pickerelweed longhorn bee, is a species of long horned bee in the family Apidae. It is most commonly found in the eastern United States and southeastern parts of Canada. This species is native to the eastern United States and the farthest westward well known colony was spotted in Illinois, though they have been seen as far as Minnesota and Ontario Canada.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 23Canada · 3