Hawaiian Easy Yellow-faced Bee vs Elegant Grasshopper
Side-by-side species comparison
| Attribute | Hawaiian Easy Yellow-faced Bee | Elegant Grasshopper |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Hylaeus facilis | Zonocerus elegans |
| Order | Hymenoptera | Orthoptera |
| Family | Colletidae | Pyrgomorphidae |
| Size | 6-9 mm | 25-40 mm |
| Habitat | Farmland | Farmland |
| Diet | Pollen Feeders | Predators |
| Regions | Oceania (Hawaii) | Southern Africa, East Africa |
| Conservation | Endangered | Least Concern |
Hawaiian Easy Yellow-faced Bee
An endemic Hawaiian bee found across several of the main Hawaiian islands. It is a generalist pollinator that visits a variety of native and non-native flowers. Like other Hawaiian Hylaeus, it carries pollen internally in its crop rather than on external body hairs.
Did You Know?
Unlike most bees, Hawaiian yellow-faced bees swallow pollen and carry it in their crop, regurgitating it to provision their nest cells.
Elegant Grasshopper
A strikingly colorful grasshopper with green, yellow, black, and orange warning patterns. It feeds on toxic plants and is distasteful to predators.
Did You Know?
They accumulate toxins from the poisonous plants they eat, making them so unpalatable that even starving birds refuse to eat them.