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Mosquito bees

Trigona iridipennis Smith

Photo by sunnyjosef
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

These are sting-less bees also called mosquito bees. They are about 5mm in size. They are very helpful to farmers as the pollinate many fruit bearing trees. Other pictures here http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/13988189

Habitat:

Forests and fields.

Notes:

They are building their nest.

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Comments (5)
sunnyjosef
Thank you Juan DiTrani and Mona Pirih
Juan DiTrani
Very interesting. It seems they are rebuilding the nest entrance
Namitha
Very interesting spotting. Cool find Sunny Josef.

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Pollinating Insects of the World
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2013 Best Wildlife Photo
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 18, 2013

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