krejgoWe're pretty excited to have spotted a native bee that we've never spotted on the block before - and has never been reported as being seen anywhere in the Dee Ranges before!
Let me introduce the Neon Cloak & Dagger cuckoo bee.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/418305-Thyreus-nitidulus
#thyrsusNitidulus #bees #nativebees #cuckooBees #australianNativeBees
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Neon Cloak-and-dagger Bee (Thyreus nitidulus)
Thyreus nitidulus, commonly known as the neon cuckoo bee, is a parasitic bee of the genus Thyreus, called cuckoo bees. It is a stocky bee, notable for its brilliant metallic blue- and black-banded colors. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyreus_nitidulus, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) deemc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC))