Bug FAQNevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Halictidae
Nevada Nomia has a black abdomen, coarser punctures on the middle thorax, and fewer red tubercles than related species. It lives across Central America and North America, with its range overlapping that of Dieunomia nevadensis arizonensis. The subspecies bakeri reaches as far east as Texas, Florida and North Carolina, west to Colorado and Wyoming, and north to Illinois.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The bee shows a black abdomen instead of the typical yellow-red, has coarser punctures on the mesothorax, and fewer red tubercles.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Nevada Nomia is found in both Central America and North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes Central and North America. The bakeri form extends east to Texas, Florida and North Carolina, west to Colorado and Wyoming, and north to Illinois.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 26 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Arizona, California, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Nevada.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Halictidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieunomia_nevadensis
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