FIGURES 24–27 in Nesting Biologies and Mature Larvae of Oxaeine Bees (Apoidea: Andrenidae)

FIGURES 24–27. Diagrammatic representations of more complex nests of Protoxaea gloriosa, side and top views of each nest, both discovered in 1970. 24, 25. Demonstrating complex distribution of immature stages in cells, with sequence of egg deposition indicated by approximate age of immatures: cell 1, unknown; cell 2, one-half grown; cell 3, two-thirds grown; cell 4, unknown; cell 5, four-fifths grown; cell 6, three-fourths grown; cell 7, one-fifth grown; cell 8, full-grown predefecating larva; cell 9, full-grown predefecating larva; cell 10, egg on firm provisions; cell 11, egg on soft provisions (hence, older than egg in cell 10). 26. Side view, demonstrating clusters of cells and varying contents of clusters I-V and contents of individual cells identified as follow: back-filled or containing dead immatures = grey; egg or live larvae = large stipples; live larvae = parallel bars. Upper back-filled lateral lost but possibly leading to back-filled cells (not shown); three descending back-filled tunnels at lowest part of nest presumably leading to unexplored old cells of previous generation(s). 27. Top view of same nest showing approximate distribution of cell clusters from above.