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Melissodes

Melissodes

Melissodes are buzzing bees that love to visit flowers! They help plants grow by spreading pollen while they collect nectar to make honey.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Melissodes is a medium-sized, often fuzzy bee, frequently sporting bands of black and yellow or brown on its abdomen. Males are easily identified by their distinctively long antennae, which extend nearly the length of their body, unlike most other bees.

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Melissodes
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Melissodes

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

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Interessante Fakten

Each female bee digs her own private burrow in the ground to lay eggs and store pollen.

Males have antennae almost as long as their whole body, earning them the nickname 'long-horned bees'!

Some Melissodes males will sleep inside flowers at night, taking a cozy nap!

They are especially important pollinators for sunflowers and other daisy-family plants.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sensors

Melissodes males have extra-long antennae that help them detect female pheromones from a distance.

Fähigkeit

Pollen Power

Melissodes has a dense fuzzy coat that helps them collect and transport lots of pollen from flowers.

Fähigkeit

Deep Drinker

Melissodes can reach nectar in deep flowers because of their long tongues, called proboscises.

Fähigkeit

Burrow Builder

Melissodes can dig individual nests in the soil, which helps protect their eggs and food stores.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
15-30 mm
Größe
7-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Melissodes bees fuel up on sweet nectar and gather protein-rich pollen from various flowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Sunflowers
  • Asters
  • Goldenrod
  • Coneflowers

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Crucial for sunflower seed production.

pollinates

Smooth Blue Aster

Aster laevis

Helps aster plants reproduce.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Birds can catch foraging bees.

parasitizes

Cuckoo Bee

Coelioxys rufitarsis

Lays eggs in Melissodes nests.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Stay calm and still if you see a bee. They usually won't bother you if you don't bother them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Melissodes?

15-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Melissodes?

7-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Melissodes?

30-90 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Melissodes?

15 km/h

Was frisst Melissodes?

Melissodes bees fuel up on sweet nectar and gather protein-rich pollen from various flowers.

Wo findet man Melissodes normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Melissodes?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Melissodes?

6

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