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Orchid bees

Euglossa sp.

Photo by Juan DiTrani
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Males attracted to Eugenol scent

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Comments (4)
VivBraznell
How strange. Looking at this set of photos, made me think the same as KarenL, I actually started hummimg the tune as well. Brilliant set of action images!
Jorge4
I have one in blue, I uploaded but mine was dead when I saw it in my backyard. I found another but the corbicula is not so wide..
KarenL
Wonderful series! The first photo reminds me of the old war movies with the fighter planes flying off carrying bombs!

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