Hairy-saddled Cellophane Bee

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Colletes fodiens

Hairy-saddled Cellophane Bee, a reference photo
Photo: This image is created by user Rick Geling at Waarneming.nl, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands. · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Colletes fodiens is a Palearctic species of plasterer bee.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Hairy-saddled Cellophane Bee being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Colletidae
Species
Colletes fodiens

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