Yellow Dryland Bee Ventral | Dromedary Masked Bee Male, dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
Family: | Colletid Bee (Bee: Colletidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Colletid Bee (Euhesma bronzus) | ||||
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Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: Dr Ken Walker said "If you look closely at the legs on this bee they are almost hairless - they cannot carry pollen. This is one of Australia's many unique euryglossine bees that carry their pollen load in the crop - first part of the stomach." | |||||
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