Orchid Bee

• michaelmarlow
orchid feeding on a purple flower

These iridescent bees stand out at a flower.

One of the first Florida bugs I encountered is this bee, what I believe is the orchid bee, Euglossa dilemma, a non-native relatively new resident in Florida from what I can gather from Bugguide.net.

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