Giant Resin Bee
In Bratislava in botanical garden We found this bee on the ground. At first look I thought it is our common Xylocopa violacea. But its body was slimmer and not so shiny. This bee interrested me so I took it with Me. After closer examination I detremined it as Megachile sculpturalis. This bee is not native to Slovakia, nor Europe. This is invasive species from far East. This finding turns out to be only fourth case in me country and all previous findings were also only few days old. The bee is dark with yellow hairs on thorax and coarse abdomen. Wing are transparent but slightly dim to brown shade. Males have yellow hairs on the front of the head. The female can reach up to 25 mm what is quite impressive size. (GPS: 48.14717, 17.07409)
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Male of the Megachile sculpturalis. |
The bee may be threat to our own native species. Its presence can be negatively correlated with the emergence of native bee species like Xilocopa violacea that may outcompete nesting holes. Despite this, the bee is really beautiful by itself and I just cant wait to see living bees flying over the flovers.
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Bee with long filliform antennae. | |
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