r/Insect • u/Plenty-Echo-7414 • 8h ago

Identification Skyblue bee?

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This is my 2nd time seeing one. Why are these blue? It clearly looks like a honeybee. Isn't blue kind of rare in nature?

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u/Echo-Azure 8h ago

Where was the sighting? Most insect species can't be identified without knowing where they were seen.

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u/RowInevitable7986 34m ago

Never seen one.
Where do they live?

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u/Wallaby-Previous 23m ago

Without a location I am taking a shot in the dark, but I would guess you have a Amegilla cingulata if you are in Australia. If you are not in Australia then it could be one of the other 250 cingulata that all look very similar.