Life On A Quarter Acre

Genus Sphecodes (Blood Bees)

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Halictidae: Sphecodes sp.

These are sometimes called cuckoo bees, since they parasitize the nests of other bees. There are more than seventy species in North America and they a hard to tell apart - especially from photographs alone.

13 July 2020
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