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Related: About this forumWorld's largest bee, missing for 38 years, found in Indonesia
As long as an adult thumb, with jaws like a stag beetle and four times larger than a honeybee, Wallaces giant bee is not exactly inconspicuous.
But after going missing, feared extinct, for 38 years, the worlds largest bee has been rediscovered on the Indonesian islands of the North Moluccas.
A search team of North American and Australian biologists found a single female Wallaces giant bee (Megachile pluto) living inside a termites nest in a tree, more than two metres off the ground.
It was absolutely breathtaking to see this flying bulldog of an insect that we werent sure existed any more, said Clay Bolt, a specialist photographer who obtained the first images of the species alive. To actually see how beautiful and big the species is in life, to hear the sound of its giant wings thrumming as it flew past my head, was just incredible.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/21/worlds-largest-bee-missing-for-38-years-found-in-indonesia
But after going missing, feared extinct, for 38 years, the worlds largest bee has been rediscovered on the Indonesian islands of the North Moluccas.
A search team of North American and Australian biologists found a single female Wallaces giant bee (Megachile pluto) living inside a termites nest in a tree, more than two metres off the ground.
It was absolutely breathtaking to see this flying bulldog of an insect that we werent sure existed any more, said Clay Bolt, a specialist photographer who obtained the first images of the species alive. To actually see how beautiful and big the species is in life, to hear the sound of its giant wings thrumming as it flew past my head, was just incredible.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/21/worlds-largest-bee-missing-for-38-years-found-in-indonesia
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World's largest bee, missing for 38 years, found in Indonesia (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2019
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Pachamama
(16,887 posts)1. As someone allergic to Bees - this is terrifying....
TeapotInATempest
(804 posts)3. I love bees, and this is terrifying anyway!
sfwriter
(3,032 posts)2. Wow, are the bee disappearances an inside job?
I'd check this frankenpollinator's hive for a row of tiny skulls is all I'm saying.
Maven
(10,533 posts)4. ...