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Stingless bee

Family Apidae, Subfamily Apinae, Tribe Meliponini, Tetragonisca angustula

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-25.3709, -49.0746

Field Notes

Description:

These small bees have yellow-golden body with a large black area in the back, and beautiful green eyes. They made their nest on the wall of a water tank out of service, and it looks like a rotten barrel attached to the tank!

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Ava T-B
Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
Juan DiTrani
Hi Sergio, these are Tetragonisca angustula Stingless bees
Sergio Monteiro
Obrigado, Sckel, eu vou atualizar a ID. Pelas fotos do link que você postou eu pude ver que o que eu pensei que era um cano de ferro podre é, na verdade, o ninho delas!!!
Sckel
Pode ser abelha jataí, ou outra da tribo trigonini. Sou louca pra ver Jataí, elas são lindas. Tem essas aqui que também são semelhantes: http://www.americaninsects.net/hy/trigona-sp-panama.html

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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2014

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