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Baiting orchid bees at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center - Euglossa viridissima - male
Copyright © 2007 Alan Chin-Lee

Baiting orchid bees at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center - Euglossa viridissima - Male
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
November 5, 2007
Males engage each other in a behavior referred to as grappling in an attempt to fend off the other if they are both attempting to collect compounds from a small or limited area!
Contributed by Alan Chin-Lee on 8 November, 2007 - 7:33pm

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