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Angelita bee

Tetragonisca angustula

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Field Notes

Description:

On a mango tree inflorescence

Species ID Suggestions

Angelita bee

Tetragonisca angustula
Juan DiTrani
1

Marmelada brava

Frieseomelitta varia
tiberio_graco
1

Abelha Jataí
tiberio_graco
1

Comments (5)
Juan DiTrani
the colors on the eyes depend on the angle of the lights and is never used in bee taxonomy
rubens.luciano
Juan, Could one of these be a Tetragonisca angustula? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/643... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/644...
rubens.luciano
Juan, thanks very much for the ID. This link shows one Tetragonisca angustula: http://www.myrmecos.net/insects/Tetragonisca1.html 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.
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PublishedJuly 29, 2011

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