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Amegilla cingulata
Last year I spotted one of these bees in my garden, once. This year I find them all over the garden and sometimes 2 or 3 together on one bush. They seem to be very territorial and chase each other away when this happens. They have discovered the wealth of pollen in my garden, and must be breeding somewhere. This one is a female, with 4 blue stripes. The males have 5. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/170...
Spotted on Feb 11, 2013
Submitted on Feb 11, 2013
21 Comments
thanks Sergio and Glen. Missed your comments way back when...
Pam, that's a fantastic series. Hand-held camera shots, just great!
all flying bee shots! amazing!! nice color, well fashioned bees! :))
Excellent series!
Awesome photos, Pamsai.
Added 2 more photos of the female Blue-banded Bee.
thanks Wendy...
thanks KrantiAzad.... I love the side view also. Those stripes are just spectacular... This was my first effort, back view of a male.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/170...
thanks Jolly Ibanez
What a beauty!
all are good but i loved the last one !
thanks DoinaRussu
Beautiful series Pam
thanks LeanneGardner...
excellent, compliments!
thanks travellingchez and KarenL for your comments
Lovely Pam! I think these bees are just so beautiful :)
Hehehe leuba. Irises! No these small flowers are on a shrub called Sky flower, Golden Dew Drop or Pigeon Berry. Botanical name is Duranta erecta.
http://flowersofindia.net/catalog/blue.h...
thanks for the kind comment. They surely do zoooooom...
Great photos Pam - are those Irises growing in Thiru ??! you must be one great gardener !! good to know that you have got a few of these guys around.
I saw one two days ago - zoom past me. I am yet to photograph one.
Thanks for the information about gender id.
Lovely capture Pam!
Brilliant capture.