Thistle Long-horned Bee Melissodes desponsus Smith, 1854    Synonyms: Melissodes cnici, Melissodes daponsa, Melissodes desponsa, Melissodes nigripes.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Apidae   >   Genus Melissodes   

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A male Melissodes desponsa in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/4/2014). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Thistle Long-horned Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (8/17/2021). (c) David, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by David via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Thistle Long-horned Bee in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/11/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Thistle Long-horned Bee in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/11/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A female Thistle Long-horned Bee collected in Maine by Brianne Du Clos. Photograph by Dejen Mengis. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)


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