Elegant Masked Bee
S3, Female, Face		Ellura
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Red-sided Masked Bee (Hylaeus lateralis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Colletid Bee (Bee: Colletidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Red-sided Masked Bee (Hylaeus lateralis)
This Photo:     S1, profile
Thank you Heath Hunter for identifying and Asaph Whelan (Asaph01) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Asaph said "Male Hylaeus lateralis have white markings."
Heath said "The two white marks on the collar (just behind the head). Also the red on the dorsal side of the thorax extends further back towards the abdomen."
Copyright © 2014-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 31-Dec-2014
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.