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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees
  7. Anthidiini
  8. Cuckoo Carder Bees

genus

Cuckoo Carder Bees

Stelis

Includes
12 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Stelis 5 native
  • Painted-Dark Bees 5 native
  • Heterostelis 2 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native cuckoo carder bees All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Louisiana Painted-Dark Bee Stelis louisae 1,403 observations
  • Spot-sided Dark Bee Stelis lateralis 45 observations
  • Florida Black Dark Bee Stelis ater 27 observations

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