Fig. 1.

Lifecycle of Euglossa viridissima and sampling design. Colored circles represent the different age and female types (solitary, social dominant, or subordinate) sampled for this study. Young solitary females (light blue) were sampled from nests as shown in (A). Upon emergence of the first brood (B), old solitary females (dark blue) were sampled from nests as shown in (C); old dominant (dark red) and young subordinate females (yellow) from social nests as shown in (D); old dominant (dark red) and old subordinate females (brown) from social nests as shown in (F); and young dominant (light red) and young subordinate females (yellow) from nests as shown in (E), where the old dominant had left the nest and one of the previously subordinate daughters established herself as dominant. Sample sizes for each nest stage are shown above the nests, color-coded same as the circles according to the social status and age of the female.