Eastern Thistle Longhorn

Melissodes desponsus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae

Melissodes desponsus, the eastern thistle longhorn bee, is a species of long-horned bee in the family Apidae. The bees are active in mid-to-late-summer. Description These ground-nesting, solitary bees have pale yellow thoraxes and black abdomens.

Distribution

Eastern Thistle Longhorn — (c) Ben Babcock, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ben Babcock · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,232Canada · 485

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ben Babcock, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ben Babcock · CC-BY DescriptionMelissodes desponsus, Wikipedia contributors

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