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The work also includes a revised subgeneric classification of #Triepeolus and its sister genus, #Epeolus Latreille.
January 26, 2026 at 4:02 PM
corysheffield.bsky.social
🧪 Phylogenomics and biogeography of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus Robertson (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with a revised subgeneric classification of Triepeolus and its sister genus, Epeolus Latreille resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
lenahallesaale.bsky.social
Gewöhnliche Filzbiene (Epeolus variegatus)
#hexapodezember
Blick von oben auf eine schwarz-weiß gemusterte Biene auf den gelben Blüten des Rainfarns
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
alexnunez23.bsky.social
Que nadie diga que las abejas cuco no polinizan. Aquí tenemos un Epeolus fallax con unos cuantos granos de polen pegados al cuerpo
#wildbees #abejas #abejascuco #Epeolus
October 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
txaverius.bsky.social
Vaya sarao de relaciones habéis visto ahí: la Colletes, su parásita Epeolus y la depredadora de ambas: Vespa vulgaris, bajo el yugo de la velutina.
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
kami7.bsky.social
My amazing daughter did it again 👍❤️🙏 Another bee species identified. That’s ELEVEN species !!! in our little 1/3 acre rewilding garden 🎉🤔 I must admit to never thinking cellophane and a bee to be connected?!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epeolus...

#rewilding #bee #nativegardening
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
cmhmaliani.bsky.social
Algunos años las he visto en Cazorla ya funcionando a finales de Agosto. En realidad, en cuanto veas machos de Epeolus fallax (su parásita) puedes esperar ver los primeros de C. hederae
September 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
wanderingreen.bsky.social
Thank you! First Epeolus I'd ever seen. I think I lay watching it for an hour.... or until it flew off 😄🐝🌼
September 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
butterflyjulian.bsky.social
A wander to Stone Point, Walton on the Naze this morning to see the Sea Aster bees, Colletes halophilus, numbers in the very high 100's. Also seen 2 Black-thighed Epeolus, Epeolus variegatus, a cleptoparasitic bee of the Sea Aster bee.
#Colletes
#halophilius
#Epeolus
#variegatus
Sea Aster mining bee at mouth of its burrow at Stone Point Walton on the Naze. Black-thighed Epeolus, Epeolus variegatus feeding on sea aster flowers at Stone Point Walton on the Naze Sea Aster mining bee
August 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
kentgrasshoppers.bsky.social
Nice find while out for a walk locally - Black-thighed Epeolus (Epeolus variegatus), a cuckoo of Colletes bees. #bees #hymenoptera #KentNature
A largely hairless bee, patterned black and white on the body, and with reddish legs. Seen from the side.
August 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
cmhmaliani.bsky.social
Ciertas abejas son como manecillas del reloj de las estaciones. Hoy he visto las primeras Epeolus fallax, una abeja cleptoparásita especializada en robar nidos de Colletes hederae, una abeja tardía asociada con las flores de hiedra. El final de los censos de polinizadores 2025 está en el horizonte.
Abeja pequeña con un diseño en blanco y negro
August 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
anneliesvanklinken.bsky.social
Dag 163 van #ElkeDagEenInsect
🪲🪰🐞🪳🦗🐝🦋🐛🐜
is voor de #Heideviltbij (Epeolus cruciger)
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#natuur
August 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
ianbeavis.bsky.social
In mainland Britain the heather-foraging mining bee Colletes succinctus has an associated cuckoo bee Epeolus cruciger, but that doesnt occur on Scilly. On Scilly the satellite fly Miltogramma punctatum occupies that niche & is often seen watching for opportunities at host nest sites
August 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
shlead.bsky.social
Could be: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epeolus...
Epeolus canadensis - Wikipedia
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August 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
rajabaliphotos.bsky.social
I have always wanted to see a sleeping or resting bee 😴. It happened last year; this red-thighed epeolus (Epeolus cruciger) landed next to me in the middle of the day, clamped down on a scabious flower and went to rest for a few minutes
#entomology #macrophotography #epeoluscruciger #backyardnature
July 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
benclegg.bsky.social
The blue vervain is bringing in all sorts of unusual guests, like this uncommon two-banded cellophane cuckoo bee, Epeolus bifasciatus.
July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
anaturalistabroad.bsky.social
Two new bees for the garden today - Black-thighed Epeolus (Epeolus variegatus) and Pantaloon Bee (Dasypoda hirtipes). Our Common Fleabane patch is excelling itself!
July 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
lepimann.bsky.social
It's from the Epeolus family, a parasitic bee, possibly of leaf cutter bees.
June 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
lukaslarge.bsky.social
If you're trying to identify Nomad Bees, Steve Falk has released an updated version of his key, available from the BWARS website: bwars.com/content/iden...
Revised British Nomada key Steven Falk, 03/05/2024 TEST VERSION A revised account of British nomad bees (Apidae: Nomada) Steven Falk, 2024 General description Nomad bees are small to moderately large (wing length 3.5-10mm in the British species), relatively hairless bees, often with bold wasp-like markings. Indeed, many are more likely to be confused with hunting wasps such as Crabro, Ectemnius and Gorytes species than bees by general naturalists, though the body hairs remain branched as in other bees, the hind basitarsis has a dense brush of hairs on its posterior surface (hind basitarsis cylindrical and hairless in most hunting wasps), and the tibiae lack any bristles along the shaft. The most similar British bee genus is Epeolus but these have projecting axillae on eother side of the scutellum and a general body pattern that is readily recognised. Not all nomad bees are wasp-like. Some are extensively red marked. A few (e.g. male N. argentata) are almost entirely black. The term 'tricolored' is used for those species with a body pattern comprised of a comination of black, red/brown, and yellow/white e.g. Nomada flava. We don't use the term 'bicolored' for nomads because it could refer either to black and yellow patterned species such as N. goodeniana or black and red species such as N. integra.
April 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
art-h-ropod.bsky.social
Another in the kleptoparasitic Nomadinae -- a male #native Autumnal Cellophane-cuckoo #Bee (Epeolus autumnalis) feeding on New England Aster. As the common name suggests, these fly only in September here in #YorkRegion 🇨🇦 #backyard #garden #biodiversity
A small black and light-yellow striped bee - seen from above -- with pale translucent wings is feeding on the disc florets of a a pale mauve-blue daisy-like flower. The left antenna is extended forward and the right is bent ventrally out of view. The same bee is seen from the left-rear. it is poised for flight and the wings are blurred by motion. Both antennae are visible, diverging anteriorly.
April 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
art-h-ropod.bsky.social
Next up in the #native Nomadinae -- a male Notch-backed Cellophane Cuckoo #Bee (Epeolus scutellaris) on Rudbeckia hirta. Like others in the same group, these are #kleptoparasites, but specialize on cellophane bees (Colletes spp.). #backyard #garden #biodiversity #YorkRegion 🇨🇦
A small brown-black bee with pale yellow abdominal stripes, short straight antennae, and pale brown eyes is seen in a high-angle frontal view. It is crawling on a dark brown thimble-shaped cone of disc florets surrounded by bright yellow ray florets of a daisy-like Black-eyed Susan. The same bee is seen from high on the right side.
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
thomasbarbin.bsky.social
A Cuckoo Bee (Epeolus olympiellus) photographed last summer. One that I forgot about and just stumbled across on my phone this evening!

#CuckooBee #Bee #Hymenoptera
April 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
ellililalala.bsky.social
I'm always amazed and excited to find sleeping #bees like this #Epeolus cf. variegatus that is a brood parasite of several #Colletes species. It feeds ondifferent species of #Asteraceae such as Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare).

#wildbee #inverts #insects #nature #macrophotography #bugsky 🌿
Lateral view of a solitary bee that holds itself via the mandibles to a small twig. The bee is black with brown feet and eyes. The abdomen has white patches. Lateral to back view of a solitary bee that sits on a small twig. The bee is black with brown feet and eyes. The abdomen has white patches.
January 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
alexnunez23.bsky.social
New records of predation by Vespa velutina on wild pollinators in Asturias. We have observed Vespa velutina preying not only on honeybees but also on other species, including Colletes hederae, Epeolus fallax and Vespula vulgaris.
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December 18, 2024 at 12:57 PM
bennyhawksbee.bsky.social
Hard to believe we have bees like this in the UK, right?
Epeolus sp. I found in amongst an aggregation of Ivy bees this September. Species very likely to be Epeolus variegatus but no voucher taken to be 100%
December 10, 2024 at 1:24 PM