Augochlora pura pura ? - Euglossa dilemma

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Orchid Bees (Euglossini) » Typical Orchid Bees (Euglossa) » Dilemma Orchid Bee (Euglossa dilemma)

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Copyright © 2013 Susan Leach Snyder

Augochlora pura pura ? - Euglossa dilemma -

Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
November 11, 2013

These sweat bees were found dead on the floor of a concrete maintenance building adjacent to a gopher tortoise preserve. Earlier, many other examples of this bee were observed crawling on a collapsed honeybee hive. Can someone explain the rod-shaped structure extending from the mouth of each of these specimens to the posterior end. I'd also like confirmation that the specimens have been correctly identified.

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Augochlora pura pura ? - Euglossa dilemma - male

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 13 November, 2013 - 7:04pm

"rod"

The "rod" you refer to are its elongate mouthparts.

… Brad Barnd, 13 November, 2013 - 8:13pm

Thanks for the Identification.

I really appreciate your help in the identification of this orchid bee and your clarification that the structure is an extended mouth structure.

… Susan Leach Snyder, 13 November, 2013 - 10:26pm

Great photos of this species!

These photos are actually of females. Females may be identified by pollen baskets (corbiculae) on their hind legs which are used for collecting pollen and plant resins.

Their proboscis (tongue) averages two-thirds the length of their body. Males look virtually identical to females.

Hope your photo project is going well at the Gopher Tortoise Preserve.

… Alan Chin Lee, 19 October, 2014 - 11:21pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 13 November, 2013 - 7:24pm

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