Tag: Triepeolus lunatus

• Lunate longhorn-cuckoo bee (Triepeolus lunatus)

  Apidae > Triepeolus > Triepeolus lunatus Lunate longhorn-cuckoo (Triepeolus lunatus) is a distinctive cuckoo bee of agricultural fields, gardens, and cities. It is active in summer, well-timed to co-occur with its presumed eucerine host Melissodes bimaculatus. T. lunatus has a preference for nectar from summer-blooming Asteraceae in the garden like black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia) and coneflowers…

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  January 10, 2023

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  asters, backyard bee, black-eyed susan, cleptoparasite, cuckoo, cuckoo bee, Rudbeckia, Triepeolus, Triepeolus lunatus