Wasp mimic bee
Great excitement here in our Brisbane garden for me on 8/2/21. Back in 2014 I photographed a wasp mimic bee (Hyleoides concinna) on a leaf in our garden, not aware of what it was until someone (Bernhard Jacobi : www.flickr.com/photos/29697818@N03 ) identified it for me. I’ve been hoping to see one ever since then.
Recently I’d been puzzling over some strange filigree-like structures in holes in one of my oldest bee homes, and today I got the answer. A wasp mimic bee has made at least 7 nests in the hotel, alongside mud cupped nests belonging to the spectacular wasp, Rhynchium superbum. Today I saw the bee investigating holes and also entering a couple of her nests through the centre of the woven curtain. She’s made some of her nests in holes previously housing old Megachile and wasp nests.
Wasp mimic bee
Great excitement here in our Brisbane garden for me on 8/2/21. Back in 2014 I photographed a wasp mimic bee (Hyleoides concinna) on a leaf in our garden, not aware of what it was until someone (Bernhard Jacobi : www.flickr.com/photos/29697818@N03 ) identified it for me. I’ve been hoping to see one ever since then.
Recently I’d been puzzling over some strange filigree-like structures in holes in one of my oldest bee homes, and today I got the answer. A wasp mimic bee has made at least 7 nests in the hotel, alongside mud cupped nests belonging to the spectacular wasp, Rhynchium superbum. Today I saw the bee investigating holes and also entering a couple of her nests through the centre of the woven curtain. She’s made some of her nests in holes previously housing old Megachile and wasp nests.