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Colletes simulans
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Colletes simulans

Colletes simulans is a species in the family Colletidae ("cellophane or plasterer, masked, and fork-tongued bees"), in the order Hymenoptera ("ants, bees, wasps and sawflies"). The species is known generally as the spine-shouldered cellophane bee.

It is found in North America.

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10 branches of this group, most-observed first

Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee

speciesColletes simulans

Colletes rutilans

speciesColletes rutilans

Aztec Cellophane Bee

speciesColletes aztecus

Colletes subdilatatus

speciesColletes subdilatatus

Colletes macconnelli

speciesColletes macconnelli

Colletes isabellae

speciesColletes isabellae

Colletes jaliscoensis

speciesColletes jaliscoensis

Colletes moctezumensis

speciesColletes moctezumensis

Colletes delicatus

speciesColletes delicatus

Colletes lineatus

speciesColletes lineatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1438677.