What an amazing shot, I think your on the money with them being bees and they sure do look like they are waiting thier turn…for something…..lol well done x
Thanks Kym. I found out today that the paler bees are MALE Blue Banded Bees and the blue one is a MALE Cuckoo Bee.
Marvelous capture of nature! Are they sleeping or were they active? I know Blue Banded bees – along with many other solitary bees – sleep holding onto the perch (stick/twig) using their front ‘teeth’.
Hi Samuel, I think they were just resting as they flew away within a couple of minutes of me taking this photo.
A fabulous find,Kylie,i have only seen the banded blue bee twice in my life,and as for the cuckoo,never,it’s amazing,and i will look for information on it,but i think it’s name suggests that it intends to use the blue bee’s hive to raise its young,anyway an amazing find!!!
Yes, you’re right Lance. This was the first time i had ever seen these bees. Hopefully i will be fortunate enough to see them again sometime in the future too.
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great capture
Thanks so much.
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woah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..Kylie…………………..magnificent…….. and how different from the crowd is mister blue ..gorgeous shot.
Mr Blue is sure a stunner… i just hope i can eventually have these insects indentified…
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What an amazing shot, I think your on the money with them being bees and they sure do look like they are waiting thier turn…for something…..lol well done x
Thanks Kym. I found out today that the paler bees are MALE Blue Banded Bees and the blue one is a MALE Cuckoo Bee.
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wow that is interesting, maybe the three others were gearing up for a fight then…still an amazing shot…cheers
Not entirely sure why they were all together, i’ll have to find out more info about them.
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Marvelous capture of nature! Are they sleeping or were they active? I know Blue Banded bees – along with many other solitary bees – sleep holding onto the perch (stick/twig) using their front ‘teeth’.
Hi Samuel, I think they were just resting as they flew away within a couple of minutes of me taking this photo.
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What an amazing capture … well done!
Thanks so much Trish.
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A fabulous find,Kylie,i have only seen the banded blue bee twice in my life,and as for the cuckoo,never,it’s amazing,and i will look for information on it,but i think it’s name suggests that it intends to use the blue bee’s hive to raise its young,anyway an amazing find!!!
Yes, you’re right Lance.
This was the first time i had ever seen these bees. Hopefully i will be fortunate enough to see them again sometime in the future too.
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Update,Kylie,the blue bee is the Neon Cuckoo bee who live their life preying on Blue Banded bee’s hives!
Isn’t the animal world amazing! Thanks for the update Lance.
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Excellent capture – I have no idea anyway but the 3 do look rather subservient to the blue bee… Amazing
Thank you very much. They are 3 blue banded bees and on the top is a Neon Cuckoo bee.
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Thanks so very much! That’s a wonderful surprise!
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