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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) » Chimney or Turret Bees (Emphorini) » Diadasia » Subgenus Diadasia (Diadasia Subgenus Diadasia) » Sunflower Chimney Bee (Diadasia enavata)
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Sunflower Bee - Diadasia enavata - male
Copyright © 2018 Jatai

Sunflower Bee - Diadasia enavata - Male
National Butterfly Center in Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
September 7, 2018
Size: 15 mm
The bee appeared entirely covered with shaggy golden hairs, on its face, thorax, abdomen and legs. Feeding on wild sunflowers in an arid environment.

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Sunflower Bee - Diadasia enavata - male Sunflower Bee - Diadasia enavata - male Sunflower Bee - Diadasia enavata - male Sunflower Bee - Diadasia enavata - male
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Contributed by Jatai on 7 September, 2018 - 9:17pm
Last updated 17 May, 2020 - 2:43pm

nice, but your measurement -
has got to be 15 mm. No bee is 15 cm long! The world's largest, Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) females can be as much as 39 mm.
… Hartmut Wisch, 9 May, 2020 - 8:35pm login or register to post comments

 
15 cm
Ha, ha. It's a giant murder sunflower bee.
… Jatai, 17 May, 2020 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 8 September, 2018 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

 
Sunflower Chimney Bee
Thanks!
… Jatai, 8 September, 2018 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

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