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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Orchid Bees (Euglossini) » Orchid Bees (Euglossa) » Green Orchid Bee (Euglossa viridissima)
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Orchid Bee in flight - Euglossa viridissima - male
Copyright © 2007 Alan Chin-Lee

Orchid Bee in flight - Euglossa viridissima - Male
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
November 3, 2007
Can't help going for in-flight shots of these very curious bees!
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Contributed by Alan Chin-Lee on 7 November, 2007 - 8:23pm
Last updated 15 April, 2008 - 1:37am

Awesome, I love those bees...
Awesome, I love those bees...
… Martin Hauser, 11 November, 2007 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

 
I never seen any thing like that!!
I think that the color is not ment to be on that bee!
… Haley Herisko, 8 August, 2009 - 8:58am login or register to post comments

 
Favorite here ...
These bees have swiftly become one of my favorites as they are full of character and color! I think I will soon have one of the largest photographic libraries of these critters if I continue to photograph them at the rate at which I have tackled them with in the last month!
… Alan Chin-Lee, 11 November, 2007 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

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