Hylaeus sp – Masked BeeHylaeus alcyoneus Hylaeus douglasi Hylaeus elegans Hylaeus euxanthus Hylaeus ruficeps Hylaeus violaceus
In the following image is the Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) euxanthus bubbling on the Calistemon, the content of the bubble being stored in the metasoma (referring to the thorax and abdomen of the bee).
These images show Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) euxanthus yellow bubbles. The nectar is yellow because of ingested pollen. It is one way of concluding that the bee is female, as the males create clear bubbles.
- 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 Gnathoprosopis
- Species: Hylaeus euxanthus
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Marc Newman, Flickr, https://flickr.com/photos/koolbee/albums
- Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) euxanthus (Cockerell, 1910), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:44813fef-527b-458a-9db6-9ccbca9ae119
- Bubbling Bees < Bee Behaviour < Ausemade
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Hylaeus sp – Masked BeeHylaeus alcyoneus Hylaeus douglasi Hylaeus elegans Hylaeus euxanthus Hylaeus ruficeps Hylaeus violaceus