Sweat bee

Hi Sckel. Orchid bees (and the rest of Apinae subfamily bees) have spoon-like structures on the hind legs for collecting pollen. In this bee, those structures are absent, instead it have long hairs (specially on the first leg segment) for collecting pollen. Here's one example of an orchid bee collecting pollen in the hind legs structures http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/10816306

Hi Sckel. This is not an Orchid bee, its a Sweat bee, probably Augochlora genus

Awesome shot ...

Such a nice spotting Sckel! I My dream location would be Brazil if ever i visit :)

Love this! I never saw one with green and gold together.

Amazing color and superb shots!

Superb close-ups!

Amazing detail Sckel! Fantastic:)

Fantastic series!

For info, Euglossini should not be in the scientific name field as that is reserved for Genus + Species. We have asked for another field to be made available for higher order names, in the meantime they should go in the description or notes. Where the Genus and Species is not known the scientific name field should be left blank so that the spotting still shows on the "Needs ID" list, as it is not fully identified until we know them. Thanks for your understanding.

Bees are usually hairy, wasps usually are not, esp. the legs.

Wow! Great detail, what a cool wasp.

Girl, you rock! Another wasp masterpiece!

pic 2 is stunning