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Thyreus wallacei
Thyreus wallacei (Cockerell, 1905) (Apidae; Apinae; Melectini). The Neon Cuckoo Bee is a black bee with metallic blue spots (glittering blue hairs) on the back and sides. Females of Cuckoo Bees do not construct their own nests. The Cuckoo Bees mimic the Cuckoo Birds in their kleptoparasitic behavior of laying their eggs in the nests of other oblivious bees, using the other bees to do the work of raising their young for them. The Cuckoo Bee lays an egg in the burrow of the Blue-banded Bee (Amegilla spp.). When the Cuckoo Bee egg hatches, it feeds on the Amegilla bee egg or larvae.
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Spotted on Jul 29, 2014
Submitted on Feb 15, 2015
5 Comments
Blue bee how cool! Great shots
Thank you jeslowery! :)
Really cool!
Thank you Sergio! :)
So beautiful! And great photos too! Congrats.