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Parasitic Megachilid Bee

Coelioxys sp.

Notes:

I found this little one on the leaf of a lemon grass at sunset. It is holding on to the leaf with its jaws.

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Parasitic Megachilid bee
Coelioxys sp.


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7 Comments

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Thanks Cammie

Cammie C. Jeffries
Cammie C. Jeffries 11 years ago

Its doing headstands, awesome! What a fun little bee! Lol

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Thanks Satyen Mehta

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Nice clicks Jolly!

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Thanks JuanDiTrani for the ID.

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Sorry Nuwan, This is the first time I have observed this kind of behavior. There are several of them perching on the leaves of the lemon grass including solitary wasps. They prefer to stay at the tips swaying with the wind.

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

jolly, I've seen this behavior in several types of bees, do you know anything about ?

Jolly Ibañez
Spotted by
Jolly Ibañez

Zamboanga City, Basilan, Philippines

Spotted on Aug 29, 2012
Submitted on Sep 1, 2012

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