Eufriesea purpurata - Wikipedia
Eufriesea purpurata is a species of eusocial orchid bee common in northeastern South America, particularly in the Amazon basin.[1][2] It is an important pollinator of various wild plants, and it is noted for its attraction to various synthetic compounds used by humans, including some insecticides. In the late 1970s, males of the species pestered an indigenous Amazonian community whose palm-leaf houses had been sprayed by the government with DDT, which the bees found attractive. Eufriesea purpurata has a bright green metallic-colored head with red-orange highlights, a short tongue (5–6 mm), an adult body length of 14–17 mm, and an average body weight of 50 mg.[3][4] Its thorax is most often purple, but can also be reddish, yellow, or green.[1] Like other euglossine bees, E. purpurata males collect volatile floral scents, possibly for courtship purposes.[5] Adolf Ducke described Eufriesea purpurata collecting Melastomataceae bark and resin as nest-building materials.[6] Eufriesea purpura
Eufriesea purpurata - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Species of orchid bee that collects DDT (Mocsáry, 1896)</small>\n* ''Euplusia purpurata'' <small>(Mocsáry, 1896)</small>"}},"i":0}}]}'> Eufriesea purpurata Lateral and dorsal views of E. purpurata Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade : Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Apidae Genus: Eufriesea Species: E. purpurata Binomial name Eufriesea purpurata Mocsáry , 1896 Synonyms Euglossa purpurata (Mocsáry, 1896) Euplusia purpurata (Mocsáry, 1896) Eufriesea purpura
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