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Bees of Progress 🌈

Red - A leafcutting bee native to Vietnam Orange - The world's largest bumblebee is endemic to South America! Yellow - The Valley Carpenter Bee, my favorite bee Green - The Metallic Epauletted-Sweat Bee has a cool name Blue - The Blue Carpenter Bee lives in Southeast Asia Purple - The Mixed Orchid Bee is a stunning metallic creature White - The Ashy Mining Bee is often found in European parks, lawns, and flowerbeds Pink - There are no naturally pink bees, so here's an Alkali Bee covered in pink pollen Light Blue - The Blue-Banded Bee's buzz pollination is important for plants in Australia Brown - The Brown-Banded Carder Bee is the fluffiest bumblebee Black - Wallace's Giant Bee is the world's largest bee! Purple/Yellow - There's no bees that are both yellow and purple, so here's the world's smallest bee

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Surreal insect paintings by Nathiola on Reddit (Posted with permission!)

Credits: photo 1, photo 2

Most other wasps that have green on them are not a true green, and instead only appear green due to what is called "structural color"— the micro-make up and surface of the scales reflect light to make it appear that color as opposed to true pigment, which is a chemical mix that results in the color. This is why so many green wasps (and birds for that matter) have a metallic sheen to them, as the angle the light hits at will also effect the perceived color.

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Rabbit botfly, Cuterebra buccata, Oestridae, Diptera. Found in the United States.

Bot flies are parasites of mammals; the rabbit botfly, as its name suggests, parasitizes rabbits specifically. Female botflies will deposit their eggs either directly onto the host or on a vector insect which then visits the animal and unwittingly deposits them. After hatching, the larvae burrow into the skin of the host and feed on living tissue. Over a period of weeks, the larvae mature, eventually emerge from the host, and drop to the ground where they burrow into the soil to pupate.

Photos 1-3 by meaddy, 4-5 by awells, 6-7 by janetatlock, 8 by newmexicobirder, 9 (larva) by aphanotus, and 10 (adult fly with pupal case) by peterwchen