Bug FAQThistle Longhorn-Cuckoo
Triepeolus donatus · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Apidae
Also called: Thistle Longhorn-Cuckoo Bee
The Thistle Longhorn-Cuckoo has a black body with white strips and a black abdomen with gray-white strips. It lives in suburban and urban forest areas. Its range includes the United States and Canada in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It has a black body with white strips and a black abdomen with gray-white strips.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is found in suburban and urban forests.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes the United States and Canada in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 26 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, New York, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Michigan, Missouri.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
Questions people ask
Where is the Thistle Longhorn-Cuckoo found?
It lives in suburban and urban forests in the United States and Canada.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Apidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triepeolus_donatus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
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