BeesYUさんのイラストまとめ

#WaspyWeekend: Trigonopsis rufiventris, a cockroach hunting wasp with a long thin pronotum & petiole. There are 16 described species ranging from Guatemala to Brazil & Peru. The genus was revised by the late Colin Vardy. #waspoftheday

#FurryFriday: Bombus coccineus (Apidae). Also known as the scarlet-tailed #bumblebee, these can be found throughout Peru and into Ecuador. Thank you to @PaulWilliamsNHM for confirming identification of this specimen. #beeoftheday

Xylocopa aerata (Apidae) is a beautiful bee that is now highly endangered. It occurs in two widely separated areas in #Australia, where recent #fires have severely diminished its suitable habitat as it nests in the dead flowering stalks of grass trees & dead Banksia trunks (P1/2)