Green Orchid Bee (now classified as Euglossa dilemma) (6266146378)
I visited the Green Orchid Bees again and found this one perched upon a firebush flower, using it's long proboscis to drink nectar. Euglossa viridissima is a fairly recently introduced non-native species from Mexico & Central America. Today some appeared deep emerald green and others yellow-green. They hover a lot and are loud & enthusiastic buzzers! Males collect and store fragrance from flowers (mostly esters) to use later in courtship rituals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euglossini
(I will give equal time to the little blue-green metallic native Halictid bees that were also there.
They are tiny and actually disappear into the firebush flowers to pollinate them!)Mer information om licensen för bilden finns här. Senaste uppdateringen: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 03:23:41 GMT