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Stingless Bees

Nannotrigona sp.

Photo by LarryGraziano
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Field Notes

Description:

These tiny guys make entry "tubes" into the tree. They look like they are made of wax. The insect itself is quite small, maybe a 1/4" long max. They are mostly black. You can see some at the entry. They were all working on the tube structure.

Habitat:

Tropical dry forest. I have seen them in both living and dead trees.

Species ID Suggestions

Stingless bees

Nannotrigona sp.
Juan DiTrani
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Comments (6)
Ava T-B
Please also consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
KristalWatrous
Those look like stingless bees. If anyone can ID them to species it would be JuanDiTrani.

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Paso Pacifico Survey
Mission
Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
Photographed
PublishedOctober 24, 2011

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