A female Xylocopa varipuncta that fed on cell fluid of a Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’ flower through a piercing in the flower’s corolla tube.

 
 
  Part of: Barrows EM (2016) Piercing of nectarless Hemerocallis (Xanthorrhoeaceae) flowers by Xylocopa varipuncta and X. virginica virginica (Apidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 48: 101-110. https://doi.org/10.3897/JHR.48.6427