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Stingless Bee

Tetragonula melina

Photo by RobThacker
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Field Notes

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

Reference Links:

http://www.iussi2014.com/program/posters/Poster166.pdf

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ChunXingWong
It is not common to see orange-colored stingless bees. Good find.
RobThacker
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
They sure look like bees to me Rob. Collection baskets on rear tibia?

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Biodiversity of Thailand
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PublishedApril 9, 2014

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