Ceratina perforatrix
[Small Carpenter Bee]
Classification: | Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Hymenoptera | Family: Apidae | Genus: Ceratina |
When I lifted up the yellow, curved, petal-like stamen (look more like a lid) in the large white flower of the Cheilocostus speciosus (Crepe Ginger), this bee was already in there harvesting the honey.
This one was working on the flower of Sea Lettuce (Scaevola sericea).