Eurglossa adelaidae

EuryglossinaeIndex Callohesma Dasyhesma Euhesma Eurglossa adelaidae Euryglossa calaina Euryglossa ephippiata Euryglossina fuscescens Xanthesma

Photographs Marc Newman ◦

The species Eurglossa adelaidae is commonly known as the Adelaide Broad-Tongue.

My introduction to native bees was accidental.

Visiting friends in Stanthorpe for a cuppa our departure stirred up a swarm of insects from a low hanging pine tree branch. Closer inspection revealed that they were small bees roosting in large numbers for the night.

A week later my wife Jan, sent me off with our scraps bucket to bury late one evening and I came across a similar aggregation of native bees on our Melaleuca armillaris. There would have been 300 to 400 bees distributed along a low hanging branch.

The bee species turned out to be Euryglossa adelaidae, identified by Dr. Michael Batley of the Australian Museum. The bees have returned to what I now call my bee tree each year, but nowhere near the same numbers (an aspect that I am struggling to understand).

Author Marc Newman

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Hexapoda
• Class: Insecta
• Informal: Pterygotes
• Order: Hymenoptera
• Superfamily: Apoidea
• Informal: Apiformes
• Family: Colletidae
• Subfamily: Euryglossinae
• Genera: Euryglossa
• Species: Euryglossa adelaidae

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