Amegilla quadrifasciata maderae (f)

A female Madeiran banded bee (four abdominal bands not five) locating her burrow in the colony on Funchal Lido Promenade They hover over an area for a few seconds before hitting the burrow at speed and vanishing making photography a little challenging.

 

Note that some web sources list this bee as a separate species (Amegilla maderae), but I'm following the taxonomy in iNaturalist which lists it as a subspecies.

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