Colletid Bee
Dromedary Masked Bee
Male, profile
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| Colletid Bee | | Dromedary Masked Bee Male, profile | | ||
-dromedarius.JPG "Dromedary Masked Bee (Hylaeus (Euprosopellus) dromedarius)") | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Colletid Bee (Bee: Colletidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Dromedary Masked Bee (Hylaeus (Euprosopellus) dromedarius) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Male, dorsal🔎 | ||||
Thank you Asaph (Asaph01) for identifying and Dr John Ascher for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere This one looks similar to Hylaeus ruficeps & Hylaeus elegans. Notice how difficult it is to see the "hump" on the abdomen (hidden behind the wings). Females of this species have yellow middle & rear legs. Plus a side stripe on the pronotum. It's also very similar to Hylaeus sp ES02, again the front legs are different colours as are the antennae bases. Notice the tibia of each leg has a white band through it. We're surprised at how many species are in this genus! Surprisingly, the yellow face & markings when it was in the flowers were not visible/obvious; just the red abdomen! This specimen has 13 antennal segments, making it a male. Asaph01 said "Hylaeus have no scopa at all." The 'scopa' being the pollen collecting hairs on the legs or under the abdomen on many bees. | |||||
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