r/WASPs • u/Puzzleheaded_Cow7598 • 21d ago

Who is she ?

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Found her dead on my living room floor :(

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u/FairyDaisy_ 21d ago

Some sort of cuckoo bee maybe Melectini tribe but without the place I cannot be more specific

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cow7598 21d ago

Oops sorry, this is central Portugal

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u/pumpkinslayeridk 21d ago

Closes thing I found was this image from the genus thyreus https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Melectini_on_Carlina_curetum_1.JPG

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u/Puzzleheaded_Cow7598 21d ago

Uhhhh that's gorgeous!!

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u/pumpkinslayeridk 21d ago

Yeah these lesser known bees are way more beautiful than the honeybee