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Stingless Bee

Tetragonula melina

Description:

Uniform orange with faint black stripes on the abdoman

Habitat:

Dense deciduous forest

Notes:

These bee's? were collecting sap that was pouring from the side of the tree

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3 Comments

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 9 years ago

It is not common to see orange-colored stingless bees.
Good find.

RobThacker
RobThacker 9 years ago

Hi Mark, my initial thoughts also, I was hopeful that their colouring would make for an easy ID, but I've not been able to. Thanks for the input.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

They sure look like bees to me Rob. Collection baskets on rear tibia?

RobThacker
Spotted by
RobThacker

จังหวัดระยอง, Thailand

Spotted on Apr 1, 2014
Submitted on Apr 9, 2014

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