Pickerelweed Long-horned Bee

Melissodes apicatus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
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

Pickerelweed Long-horned Bee — (c) Steven Lamonde, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Steven Lamonde · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 23Canada · 3

Sources and credits

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Pickerelweed Long-horned Bee

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