Tag: Coelioxys dolichos

• Coelioxys dolichos

  Megachilidae > Coelioxys > Coelioxys dolichos Coelioxys dolichos is a big, distinctive sharptail of the southern US. Oddly enough, this cuckoo bee looks a bit like its host Megachile xylocopoides—glossy dark all over with purplish wings held out at an angle. C. dolichos just creeps into the northeast region in Maryland and southern New Jersey,…

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  January 12, 2023

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