Two-spotted Long-horned Bee Melissodes bimaculatus (Lepeletier, 1825)    Synonyms: Melissodes bimaculata, Melissodes bimaculatus bimaculatus, Two-spotted Longhorn.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Apidae   >   Genus Melissodes   

Description:

Nests are categorized as ground burrows, and social behavior is categorized as solitary to communal (Selfridge et al., 2017).

There are 65 records in the project database.

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A Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/26/2020). Determined by Bob Biagi/BugGuide. Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (8/22/2020). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

A male Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/27/2007). Confirmed by Eric R. Eaton/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A male Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/21/2018). Verified by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Katie Woods. (MBP list)

A male Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/27/2007). Confirmed by Eric R. Eaton/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A male Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/27/2007). Confirmed by Eric R. Eaton/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/1/2014). Photo by Jesse Christopherson. (MBP list)

A male Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Caroline Co., Maryland. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A male Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Caroline Co., Maryland. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A male Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Caroline Co., Maryland. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A Melissodes bimaculata in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/29/2014). Photo by Rick Borchelt. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) nolan.odowd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by nodowd via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/7/2020). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved. Photo by Jane Hartman. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) nolan.odowd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by nodowd via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A female Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Charles Co., Maryland (9/25/2016). Determined by H. Go/BugGuide. Photo by Pauline Horn. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/7/2020). (c) Jane Hartman, all rights reserved. Photo by Jane Hartman. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/1/2020). (c) maragay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by maragay via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/19/2020). (c) Peter M Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Peter M Martin via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/26/2014). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/14/2022). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/14/2022). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Two-spotted Long-horned Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (7/14/2022). (c) Zachary Dankowicz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Zachary Dankowicz via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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