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Red-headed Masked Bee (Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) ruficeps ssp ruficeps)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Colletid Bee (Bee:Colletidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Red-headed Masked Bee (Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) ruficeps ssp ruficeps)
This Photo:     🔍S1, Female, dorsal🔎
Thank you 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
The female we captured & released was ~8mm long.
Copyright © 2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 06-Mar-2026
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.