Скачать или смотреть Hibiscus Bee (Ptilothrix bombiformis)

Hibiscus Bee also known as an Eastern Digger Bee or a Rose-Mallow Bee. It nests in hard-packed roadways and levees in close proximity to water sources. Female Ptilothrix can “walk” on water! They alight on the water’s surface to collect water to moisten the hard-packed soil while excavating burrows. The entrance to the nest is surrounded by a turret, which looks like a mud chimney. Female Ptilothrix construct and provision several nests during one season. Nests are vertical and usually one or two-celled and each cell contain an egg and a pollen provision. The female lays her egg on the pollen provision and the larvae eats its way around the pollen mass as it grows and develops.