Tag: Melissodes druriellus

• Drury’s longhorn bee (Melissodes druriellus)

  Apidae > Melissodes > Melissodes druriellus Drury’s longhorn bee (Melissodes druriellus) is yet another player in the marvelous theater of goldenrods and asters. Females have a distinctive “banded” thorax created by a cinnamon stripe on the apical half. Look for these bees in August and September, but you’ll have to be fast to catch a…

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  January 9, 2023

  Fall Bees, Melissodes, Specialists, Species Page

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