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White-banded digger bee
Amegilla quadrifasciata
37.1619, -7.69997
Field Notes
Description:
The thorax is densely hairy, while the abdomen alternate black and white stripes. They have very large compound eyes, their long probosces allow them to sip nectar from a variety of flowers and the hairy hind legs facilitate the collection and transport of pollen.
Habitat:
These solitary bees do not build colonies. The females usually lay eggs in a nest excavated by themselves in loose soils. In the cells they store pollen and nectar as food for the larvae, which pupate in Autumn and hatch as adult bees in March.
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Amegilla quadrifasciata
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2011
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