




megachile sculpturalis
The Sculptured Resin Bee is a small but fascinating insect that loves to collect resin from trees. These bees are great pollinators, helping flowers and plants grow all around us!
Lebensraum: Sculptured Resin Bees can be found in gardens, parks, and forests, where there are plenty of flowers.
The Sculptured Resin Bee is a robust, large bee with a mostly dark brownish-black body. It has sparse yellowish-brown hairs on its head and thorax, and a noticeably broad head and powerful mandibles, making it look quite distinct from smaller, fuzzier native bees.





Kategorie
InsektenSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Snaps
Mach den ersten Snap!
Female bees build individual 'apartments' for each egg, complete with a food supply.
It's an immigrant! This bee traveled all the way from Asia to new continents, expanding its home.
They use the sticky sap from trees to build their nests, not mud or twigs like other bees!
Unlike honeybees, they don't live in big colonies or make honey for us to eat.
Sculptured Resin Bee can construct durable nest cells from sticky tree resin because it hardens quickly, providing strong protection for its developing young.
Has a large, sturdy body that allows it to carry substantial amounts of pollen, efficiently helping many flowers reproduce and spread seeds.
Can chew and mold tough resin using its strong mandibles because they are specialized tools, perfect for shaping its unique home.
Pollen and nectar fuel this bee, helping it grow and lay eggs.
Lagerstroemia indica
A favorite flower for nectar.

Hibiscus syriacus
Provides essential pollen and nectar.
Pinus strobus
Sources resin for nest construction.
Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.
Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.
Dieses Merkmal kennzeichnet Lebewesen, deren Ernährung vollständig oder hauptsächlich aus pflanzlichem Material besteht.
Tagaktive Tiere sind hauptsächlich bei Tageslicht aktiv und ruhen oder schlafen in der Regel nachts.
Beschreibt Organismen, die Pollen übertragen und so die Befruchtung und Fortpflanzung von Pflanzen ermöglichen.
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.
25-40 mm
15-25 mm
30-60 Tage
20 km/h
Pollen and nectar fuel this bee, helping it grow and lay eggs.
Sculptured Resin Bees can be found in gardens, parks, and forests, where there are plenty of flowers.
Foraging
6
Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.
Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.