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Blue Cuckoo Bee

Thyreus decorus

Photo by HarumKoh
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Description:

I found them again two days ago on same flowers.
13mm.
japanese name: ルリモンハナバチ.
may parasite to Amegilla florea florea(スジボソコシブトハナバチ).
flight: June-September.

Notes:

Amegilla florea florea(スジボソコシブトハナバチ).
http://www.pref.tochigi.lg.jp/shizen/sonota/rdb/detail/18/0391.html
1, 2nd photo: 2013.8.8
3rd photo: 2013.8.31
4th photo: 2013.9.21

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Comments (3)
pamsai
Thanks HarumKoh. Yes the body is different, longer on yours, and different body colour, but blue stripped bees seem so unusual to me.. Have a look at the one here in India... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17986086
HarumKoh
thank you pamsai! I added two side shots. :))
pamsai
Looks similar to the Blue-banded bee in my garden, except that the head is brown and the stripes aren't broken...

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