Can You Identify This Bee? - DPChallenge Forums

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

11/11/2004 04:00:18 PM · #1

I thought at first it was a Carpenter Bee, but all the photos I find on the Interent do not match.

Notice the strange yellow flower like pattern on the back.

KaDi

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

11/11/2004 04:02:16 PM · #2

That yellow pattern may just be pollen.

edit to add:
I just love the www! If you think it, it's probably already "out there" somewhere. Who woulda thunk, pollinator.com?

Here's a link to a carpenter bee covered with pollen:
//www.pollinator.com/gallery/April/carp_privet.htm

Message edited by author 2004-11-11 16:07:28.

11/11/2004 04:12:21 PM · #3

I am guessing this to be a female?

The others that come into the garden do not have this yellow pattern on their backs? I had to wait for this one to return in order to get the photo.

MWitt

Tokina AF 28-70mm f/2.8 ATX Pro-SV for Canon EOS

11/11/2004 06:29:55 PM · #4

looks like an orchid bee to me.
They have been spotted farther north than thier normal habitat this year.

11/11/2004 07:08:52 PM · #5

I live in Texas.
What is their normal habitat?

Originally posted by MWitt:

looks like an orchid bee to me.
They have been spotted farther north than thier normal habitat this year.

MWitt

Tokina AF 28-70mm f/2.8 ATX Pro-SV for Canon EOS

11/11/2004 08:56:40 PM · #6

Originally posted by RHoldenSr:

I live in Texas.
What is their normal habitat?

Originally posted by MWitt:
looks like an orchid bee to me.
They have been spotted farther north than thier normal habitat this year.

Orchid Bee, common name for a group of brightly colored tropical bees. Orchid bees are also known as gold bees. There are more than 175 species. They occur only in the western hemisphere in tropical and subtropical regions from northern Mexico to Argentina.

Orchid bees are among the most brilliantly colored insects. Many species are green, blue, purple, gold, or red. Some are black with yellow or white hairs and resemble bumble bees, to which they are closely related.

whiteroom

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/11/2004 10:00:44 PM · #7

bumbling bee
lesser spotted
male
juvenile
looking for a mate :)