Waroon Cuckoo Bee Ventral | Yellow Dryland Bee Profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
Family: | Colletid Bee (Bee: Colletidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Yellow Dryland Bee (Callohesma sp) | ||||
This Photo: | Dorsal | ||||
Thank you Trevor Sless for identifying and Susanna Heideman for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~5mm, found in Dryland Tea-tree (Melaleuca lanceolata) flower. A bit bembix like, but there are some masked bees that are smooth faced like this too. Very wasp like. The brown side abdominal splotch is equal on both sides, so not damage or stain, but part of it's markings. Similar Species: Yellow Dwarf Bee (Xanthesma (Xanthesma) sp) | |||||
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