Southern Downs BeesSouthern Downs Native Bees Amphylaeus obscuriceps Exoneura sp Homalictus urbanus Hylaeus euxanthus Hylaeus ruficeps ruficeps Lasioglossum lanarium Leioproctus xanthosus Megachile deanii Lipotriches gracilipes Peacock Carpenter Bee Red Singer
Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) ruficeps ruficeps, this will extend the range of this bee significantly. It just looked like a little black bee to the naked eye so I was pleased with the photos. I was attending a reunion of old uni friends at Rudds Pub at Nobby (near Toowoomba) when Jan noticed a bunch of native bees utilising the old timbers of the pub for nesting purposes. Rudds Pub is so called after Steele Rudd, a pseudonym for the author of the famous “On our selection” and “Dad and Dave”.
Author Marc Newman
The following is the female Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) ruficeps ruficeps on a flowering Callistemon in Ballandean, Queensland.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apidformes
- Family: Colletidae
- Subfamily: Hylaeinae
- Genus: Hylaeus
- Subgenus: infrageneric Euprosopoides
- Species: Hylaeus ruficeps
- Subspecies: Hylaeus ruficeps infrasp. ruficeps
Footnote & References
- Photographs Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
Southern Downs BeesSouthern Downs Native Bees Amphylaeus obscuriceps Exoneura sp Homalictus urbanus Hylaeus euxanthus Hylaeus ruficeps ruficeps Lasioglossum lanarium Leioproctus xanthosus Megachile deanii Lipotriches gracilipes Peacock Carpenter Bee Red Singer
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