Wallaga Lake InsectsCadmus luctuosus Cloudy Masked Bee (Hylaeus nubilosus)
Hylaeus nubilosus, commonly known as the Cloudy Masked Bee, belonging to the genus Hylaeus, known collectively as Masked Bees.
The Masked Bees get their name from their distinctive yellow or white markings on their faces.
The Cloudy Masked Bee (Hylaeus nubilosus) typical have a white masked face and a yellow patch, although there have been observations of Hylaeus nubilosus with a yellow masked face.
More information about this species: Bees | Hylaeus spp – Masked Be | Hylaeus nubilosus
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Colletidae
- Subfamily: Hylaeinae
- Genus: Hylaeus
- Subgenus: infrageneric Hylaeorhiza
- Species: Hylaeus nubilosus
Footnote & References
- Photographs, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
- Observations Wallaga Lake, debtaylor142, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/139228181
- Hylaeus (Hylaeorhiza) nubilosus (Smith, 1853), Plasterer Bee, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/fb182002-3838-4f64-b056-3f2f8c6ae8f5
Wallaga Lake InsectsCadmus luctuosus Cloudy Masked Bee (Hylaeus nubilosus)
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