A wee little fellow

salden · Post by **salden** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:26 am

I cannot find the name of this insect, but he is small, looks like a mini-bee. They like to hide in the stamen of flowers.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:42 am

Think this is a Sweat Bee but I am not sure. That is what I call them anyway. Really a neat shot of the little thing.

dougsmit · Post by **dougsmit** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:57 am

Bugguide.net says there are 502 species of Sweatbees but a couple of their photos labeled 'Lasioglossum' look similar so that might be a place to start. Whatever the name, it is a nice image.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:51 am

Very nice Sue...lots of great DOF and focus. I find these gals hard to capture because they move around quite a bit.

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:31 am

That one looks like genus Dialictus. Sweat bee is a term which covers a wide variety of small annoying bees.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:30 am

Let one sting you and see how annoying it really gets to be!

For their size, what ever they are, they sure pack a punch.