Neon Cuckoo Bee Photos
by Erica Siegel

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Erica Siegel of Queensland kindly contributed the following vibrant 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.

Cuckoo bees behave like cuckoo birds -- they lay their eggs in the nests of other bees. The Neon Cuckoo Bee lays its eggs in the nests of Blue Banded Bees.

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