Hi, This is the same - Polistes sp. [a species of Paper Wasp]. With regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Fri, 6/1/12, Bhagyashri <[email protected]> wrote: From: Bhagyashri <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: efloraofindia:''For Id 01062012MR1’’ ?bees foraging leaves and not flowers of Acalypha wilkesiana forma circinata @ Pune To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, June 1, 2012, 5:45 PM Hi, Would very much appreciate your help to Id these bees. Thanks ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bhagyashri <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:59 AM Subject: efloraofindia:''For Id 01062012MR1’’ ?bees foraging leaves and not flowers of Acalypha wilkesiana forma circinata @ Pune To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> Hello, Pune May 2012 Found these 3 different bees ( I do not know their names) foraging the leaves of Acalypha wilkesiana forma circinata. They did not visit the flowers at all. They were hardly moving as if glued to the leaves. The 3rd bee after 2 hours was found foraging the underside of the leaf. There were many other plants around but these bees were not interested in them. Wonder what exactly they were looking for? -- regardsBhagyashri -- RegardsBhagyashri
