Westwood pronged nomia
Nomia westwoodi
The Westwood pronged nomia is a wild bee from South Asia. It belongs to the sweat bee family, a big group of bees found all over the world. Like other bees, it visits flowers for nectar and pollen.
Lives in
South Asia, including Sri Lanka
What does it eat?
It drinks nectar from flowers and collects pollen for its young.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Westwood pronged nomia 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 family is called the sweat bees, because some of them like to lick salty sweat from people's skin.
2
As it moves from flower to flower, it carries pollen that helps plants make seeds.
3
It belongs to a smaller group of Nomia bees called Hoplonomia.
you asked
Most asked questions about Westwood pronged nomia
?What does the Westwood pronged nomia eat?
It drinks nectar and collects pollen from flowers.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Nomia westwoodi
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Halictidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Halictidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Nomia westwoodi (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 sunnyjosef. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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