Mesoxaea texana Archives - El Mesteño Ranch and Arboretum https://elmestenoranch.com/category/native-bees/mesoxaea-texana/ Hidalgo County, Texas Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:52:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://elmestenoranch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-20180808_093253-1-32x32.jpg Mesoxaea texana Archives - El Mesteño Ranch and Arboretum https://elmestenoranch.com/category/native-bees/mesoxaea-texana/ 32 32 194751585 Mesoxaea texana nectaring on Waltheria indica on the South Texas Sand Sheet! https://elmestenoranch.com/2024/09/_/6117/ Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:38:17 +0000 https://elmestenoranch.com/?p=6117 by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

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He’s BACK!!!!!
A “hovering” display….
A green-eyed male Mesoxaea texana is a repeat visitor to the South Texas Sand Sheet!
This rare, ground nesting bee has earned a few terms of endearment: “MT” and “El Guapo!”

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