




Epimelissodes
Epimelissodes are small, colorful insects that love to buzz around flowers. They help plants grow by spreading pollen, making them very important for nature!
生息地: Gardens and meadows
The Epimelissodes is a slender bee, often sporting dark bodies with distinctive yellow or white bands across its abdomen. It has relatively sparse body hair, giving it a somewhat glossy appearance compared to other fuzzy bees. Its wings are typically clear with dark veins.





カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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Epimelissodes babies eat the food collected by other bee mothers!
Many people confuse Epimelissodes with wasps because of their similar look!
Their name comes from cuckoo birds, which also lay eggs in other nests!
Unlike most bees, Epimelissodes doesn't collect pollen for its young to eat!
Epimelissodes can sneak into other bee nests to lay their eggs because they lack pollen-carrying structures.
Epimelissodes often has a sleek, less hairy body shape that helps it look like a wasp, deterring predators.
Their larvae can develop very quickly, helping them outcompete the host larvae in shared nests.
Adult Epimelissodes drink flower nectar for energy, but their young feast on food collected by other bees.
年齢による違い: Larvae consume pollen and nectar provisions gathered by host bees, sometimes also eating the host's young.
Melissodes bimaculata
Lays eggs in its nest, stealing its food provisions.
Helianthus annuus
While drinking nectar, they transfer pollen between flowers.
Argiope aurantia
Caught in webs while foraging for nectar.
Melissodes desponsa
Their larvae consume pollen stores intended for host young.
社会性動物は組織的な群れで生活し、採餌、防衛、子育てなど、生存に有利になるよう協力し合います。
カラフルとは、生物や物体が明るくはっきりとした多様な色合いを見せることを指します。
多種多様な花粉媒介者(ポリネーター)にとって特に魅力的で有益な植物を表します。
食事のすべて、または大部分が植物で構成されている生物が持つ特徴です。
その存在と役割が環境に対して極めて大きな影響を与える種を指します。
昼行性の動物は主に日中に活動し、通常は夜間に休息や睡眠をとります。
同種の標準や平均と比べて著しく小さい種に関する特徴。
この生息地の特性は、人工の建造物や緑地を利用し、都市や郊外の環境で人間と共存できる種であることを示しています。
花粉を運び、植物の受粉と繁殖を助ける生物のことを指します。
まだ別名はありません。
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Don't touch insects without asking an adult, as some might sting.
12-30 mm
8-15 mm
30-60 日
15 km/h
Adult Epimelissodes drink flower nectar for energy, but their young feast on food collected by other bees.
Gardens and meadows
Foraging
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