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Pantaloon Bee

Dasypoda hirtipes

Classification

Class
Insecta

Dasypoda hirtipes, the pantaloon bee or hairy-legged mining bee is a species of solitary mining bee from the family Melittidae. It is a widespread bee which is found from Great Britain to China. Description Dasypoda hirtipes get one of their common names, the pantaloon bee, from the hirsute hind legs of the females which apparently swell up with pollen, deposited in the golden hairs of the hind tibiae as the bee forages making them look as if they are wearing pantaloons.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 27,577Germany · 3,665United Kingdom · 381France · 117Belgium · 73Luxembourg · 32Switzerland · 17Spain · 13Italy · 7