Neon Cuckoo Bee Photos
by Erica Siegel

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Erica Siegel of Queensland kindly contributed the following spectacular photographs of the Neon Cuckoo Bee to the Aussie Bee website:

Above: the Neon Cuckoo Bee (Thyreus nitidulus) has dazzling patches of jewel-like blue fur on its black body.

Above: here the Neon Cuckoo Bee extends its long tongue towards a flower before landing to sip some nectar.

Above: the wings of the Neon Cuckoo Bee are dark brown with a purplish tint.

More Photos of Cuckoo Bees See Erica Siegel's Videos of Blue Banded Bees More Photographs by Erica Siegel