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Amegilla maderae
Amegilla quadrifasciata
32.7076, -17.1399
Field Notes
Description:
This endemic bee from Madeira Islands Archipelago, was flying from flower to flower, in a beautiful and sunny summer day at Calheta, Madeira Island, Portugal.
Habitat:
Spotted on a small wall garden, near some wild vegetation, on a cliff at more than 400m of altitude.
Notes:
"Amegilla maderae (Apidae) is an interesting endemism of the Madeiran Islands archipelago. It is one of the most abundant bees in gardens, maybe being active all year round. It is a super-generalist pollinator visiting many plant species, e.g. Echium candicans, E. nervosum, E. plantagineum (Boraginaceae), Brassica sp., Cakile maritima (Brassicaceae), Galactites tomentosa, Cichorium endivia (Asteraceae), and Agapanthus praecox (Liliaceae)." - in "Terrestrial Artrhropods of Macaronesia - Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution - 1st edition, 2010 - Editors Artur R. M. Serrano, Paulo A. V. Borges, Mário Boieiro and Pedro Oromí - Sociedade Portuguesa de Entomologia". Photos taken wijth a Fujifilm FinePix S7000.
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