Morning glory turret bee
Melitoma taurea
The morning glory turret bee is a North American bee with bright white stripes on its tummy. It is less hairy than many of its bee cousins. Its tongue is amazingly long.
Lives in
North America
What does it eat?
It drinks nectar from flowers and collects pollen to feed its babies.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Morning glory turret bee about 22 km/h (14 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its tongue is so long that, even folded up, it reaches all the way back to its tummy.
2
It belongs to the chimney bees.
3
It is also called the mallow bee.
you asked
Most asked questions about Morning glory turret bee
?What is special about the morning glory turret bee?
It has a very long tongue that reaches back to its tummy even when folded.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Melitoma taurea
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Mallow bee
Where the facts come from
- Melitoma taurea (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Sam Droege. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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