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Thyreus nitidulus
The Neon Cuckoo Bee is a black bee with metallic blue spots on the back and sides. They are called cuckoo bees because they lay their eggs in the burrows of other bees.
Breeding: The Cuckoo Bee lays an egg in the burrow of a Blue-banded Bee or Teddy Bear Bee (members of the Amegilla genus). When the Cuckoo Bee egg hatches, it feeds on the Amegilla bee egg or larvae.
Spotted on Nov 18, 2012
Submitted on Nov 18, 2012
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Wow - amazing color!
This bee is so beautiful. There's supposed to be a Blue Orchard Bee in California. Can't be the same.
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