Hawaiian Easy Yellow-faced Bee vs Yellow-legged Aleocharine
Side-by-side species comparison
| Attribute | Hawaiian Easy Yellow-faced Bee | Yellow-legged Aleocharine |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Hylaeus facilis | Aleochara curtula |
| Order | Hymenoptera | Coleoptera |
| Family | Colletidae | Staphylinidae |
| Size | 6-9 mm | 5-8 mm |
| Habitat | Farmland | Farmland |
| Diet | Pollen Feeders | Predators |
| Regions | Oceania (Hawaii) | Europe, Asia |
| 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.
Yellow-legged Aleocharine
A medium-sized aleocharine rove beetle whose larvae are parasitoids of fly pupae, a rare strategy among beetles. Adults are predators at carrion and dung where they also lay eggs.
Did You Know?
The larva enters a fly pupa, consumes the developing fly inside, and completes its own metamorphosis within the empty puparium.