Poey's Furrow Bee (Halictus poeyi)

Poey's Furrow Bee (Halictus poeyi) is member of family Halictidae, commonly called as sweat bees, halictid bees. Halictids display the most diverse gradation in social behavior (Michener 2007) as species can be solitary, communal, semi-social or eusocial.

Most species are polylectic, or gather floral resources from multiple plant species. There are a few oligolectic species and subgenera that feed from a single plant family.  Adult halictids eat nectar, and collect nectar and pollen for the larvae.

References

• Halictid Bees (Featured Creature)
• Halictidae on Wikipedia
• Michener CD. 2007. pp. 6-11, 23-29, 57-58, 319-412. The Bees of the World, 2nd Edition. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 952 pp.

Florida Carpenter Ant (Camponotus floridanus) feeding on Common Green Darner (Anax junius)

Florida Carpenter Ant (Camponotus floridanus) are native to Florida and adjoining states in south eastern United states. 

The green darner (Anax junius), is a species of dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae. It is named darner, due to its resemblance to a darning-needle. One of the most common and abundant species throughout North America. It is well known for its migration distance from the northern United States south into Texas and Mexico. It also occurs in the Caribbean, Tahiti, and Asia from Japan to mainland China.

It is the official insect for the state of Washington in the United States.

It is one of the largest dragonflies with up to 75mm length and up to 80mm wingspan.

A dead Green darner was being eaten by Florida Carpenter Ants.

• Camponotus floridanus (Wikipedia)
• Camponotus floridanus (AntCat)
• Green darner (Wikipedia)
• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2008550
• https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2008556

Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae) caterpillar with parasitic wasps

Common Rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae) is a swallowtail butterfly. The caterpillar is maroon colored with a white belt like band.

If you check this caterpillar carefully, there are several while colored larvae of parasitic wasp larvae coming out of its body. The eggs are laid inside the eggs of the butterflies or in very early stages. As the caterpillar is growing, the wasp larvae grow inside the caterpillar and when matured, come out killing the caterpillar.

• Pachliopta aristolochiae (Wikipedia)
• Parasitic wasp (wikipedia)
• Pachliopta aristolochiae (I Found Butterflies)