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A sleeping Thyreus bee

A photo of a sleeping Thyreus (Thyreus nitidulus) bee or commonly known as a "neon cuckoo bee" because of its blue colour. The females are kleptoparasitic, which means that they take food from other bees and let bees from other beehive take guardianship of their offsprings.

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Uploaded on January 6, 2020
Taken on December 30, 2019