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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 Coquillettapis (Diadasia Subgenus Coquillettapis) » australis species group (Diadasia australis species group)
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Melissodes? -- bee appeared to be intoxicated by the flower - Diadasia
Copyright © 2012 Victor Engel

Melissodes? -- bee appeared to be intoxicated by the flower - Diadasia
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
May 9, 2012
Bee was resting in the flower of an Opuntia cacanapa. I don't know if it was sleeping, resting, drunk or what, but it didn't pay any attention to me and remained in the position you see here until I blew into the flower. Then it attempted to fly away but failed. It fell down into the grass and took some time before it was able to fly away after climbing a stem.

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Melissodes? -- bee appeared to be intoxicated by the flower - Diadasia Melissodes? -- bee appeared to be intoxicated by the flower - Diadasia
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Contributed by Victor Engel on 9 May, 2012 - 6:03pm
Last updated 9 June, 2013 - 9:32pm

Moved
Moved from Diadasia.
… John S. Ascher, 9 June, 2013 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 23 June, 2012 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 22 June, 2012 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

Great Pic
I love the depth of field you captured.
… jade_darkrose, 10 May, 2012 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

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