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Guides

• Epeolus americanus

  American Cellophane-cuckoo Bee

  Epeolus americanus is a cleptoparasitic bee (cuckoo bee) in the family Apidae. It was newly confirmed in 2020 to parasitize the solitary bee Colletes consors mesocopus, with the first instar larva described for the first time. The species belongs to a genus of bees that invade nests of polyester bees (genus Colletes) and lacks the branched body hairs typical of pollen-collecting bees.

  cleptoparasitecuckoo-beeColletesHymenopteraApidaeNomadinaeBritish-Columbiafirst-instar-description