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Angelita bee

Tetragonisca angustula

Description:

On a mango tree inflorescence

3 Species ID Suggestions

Angelita bee
Tetragonisca angustula
Marmelada brava
Frieseomelitta varia
Abelha Jataí


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5 Comments

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Ok, it makes sense !

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

the colors on the eyes depend on the angle of the lights and is never used in bee taxonomy

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Juan,
Could one of these be a Tetragonisca angustula?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/643......
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/644......

rubens.luciano
rubens.luciano 12 years ago

Juan, thanks very much for the ID.
This link shows one Tetragonisca angustula:
http://www.myrmecos.net/insects/Tetragon...
Is it correct ? If it is correct, it´s different from this one, because of color of the eyes. Anyway, I will try to take another macro tomorrow of this bee. That´s a lot of them here.



MickGrant
MickGrant 12 years ago

Nice shot

rubens.luciano
Spotted by
rubens.luciano

Caçapava, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Jul 29, 2011
Submitted on Jul 29, 2011

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