Desert Bee - Svastra sabinensis

Moved

Moved from Svastra.

… John S. Ascher, 21 February, 2014 - 8:56pm

Thanks

Lynette - that explains it.

… Bob Beatson, 11 July, 2008 - 6:37pm

Moved

Moved from Svastra.

… Lynette Elliott, 11 July, 2008 - 8:48am

Hi Lynette:

Looks like image is still on Svastra page. Where was it supposed to have been moved?

Puzzled -
Always am puzzeled when I get a message that something has been "moved from X". The message never tells you where it's been moved TO??? Must be missing something???

… Bob Beatson, 11 July, 2008 - 12:47pm

sorry Bob,

what happened was that the genus was previously under the wrong tribe. I moved all images/genus/species over to the correct tribe. I know the message looks weird....how did this move from Svastra to Svastra!

… Lynette Elliott, 11 July, 2008 - 2:45pm

Thanks

Lynette - that explains it.

… Bob Beatson, 11 July, 2008 - 6:38pm

Moved

Moved from Diadasia.

… Chuck Entz, 23 September, 2006 - 4:00am

Svastra, not Diadasia

This is a eucerine male (=long-horned bee). Diadasia have shorter antennae and differently shaped marginal cells. This is a member of the petulca species group of Svastra (Epimelissodes), most likely S. sabinensis sabinensis (Cockerell)

… John S. Ascher, 22 September, 2006 - 9:30pm

Many thanks for the correctio

Many thanks for the correction John. I appreciate the education on this one. I learned something new.

… Gordon C. Snelling, 23 September, 2006 - 6:48am

Thank you

John for your input. Sounds like you know this group of bees very well. Hopefully, an editor will make the appropriate changes from Diadasia to Svastra s.

… Bob Beatson, 22 September, 2006 - 11:12pm

You can move your own images, too

First click Tag. A thumbnail of the image will show up in the upper-left corner of the screen.
Next, go to the place you want it to go, then click on the Images tab. You should see a link for Move Tagged Images.
Click that link, and the image will be moved to that place.

… Chuck Entz, 23 September, 2006 - 4:09am

I am pretty sure this is a Di

I am pretty sure this is a Diadasia sp. I have seen them curl protectively although never to the point of playing dead.

… Gordon C. Snelling, 5 August, 2006 - 11:06pm

I agree.

Diadasia is a very common genus in Arizona.

… Eric R. Eaton, 7 August, 2006 - 5:55pm

Moved

to new genus page

… Chuck Entz, 7 August, 2006 - 7:06pm

Anaphora sp. (Apidae)

female.

… Adalbert Goertz, 5 August, 2006 - 6:58pm

Wondering

about Anaphora. Doesn't seem to be in the guide in any form. Googled images and a bunch of stuff came up, non of which resembled an insect, let alone a bee.

… Bob Beatson, 5 August, 2006 - 9:41pm

The name would be

Anthophora, but I'm not sure that's what it is. We should wait for some of our experts to weigh in.

… Chuck Entz, 5 August, 2006 - 10:16pm

Anthophora sp. (Apidae)

yes, that was my typo late at night.

… Adalbert Goertz, 6 August, 2006 - 3:41pm

Thanks

to Josh, Stephen and Adalbert. The information I was looking for. Indeed, it is a wonder why a bee would feign being dead.

… Bob Beatson, 5 August, 2006 - 9:16pm

As far as ID...

I couldn't tell you, but feigning death is a pretty common occurrance in the insect world. I have observed it many times with click beetles (Elateridae) and leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), but never in bees, so I find it intrigueing because with bees so well capable of making escape flights, you'd think they's ahve no use for playing dead. Intersting.

… Josh Lemons, 5 August, 2006 - 1:25pm

I agree with Josh

I agree with Josh, Beetles use this defense because it takes them so long to lift their elytra and get away. A variation of playing dead is how, I have many times seen a leaf beetle sort of "go limp" and roll off the leaf, as soon as it realized I was looking in its direction, or saw my camera lens moving toward it.

It is interesting to ponder playing dead among bees...

… Stephen_WV, 5 August, 2006 - 2:46pm

Pollen rapture?

Is this a concept? I've often thought bees seemed high when immersed in a flower, though it doesn't happen all that often. Usually when I've experienced this, the bee has her face planted and out of site, with the butt up and/or assuming a curled position like this one.

… Ron Hemberger, 5 August, 2006 - 10:21pm

Ah, memories

You're helping me relive memories of the sixties!

… Stephen_WV, 6 August, 2006 - 6:26am