Sweat Bee, amazon, ecuador

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Pducros

Giant Tortoise

Any help on ID for this one much appreciated - taken in Amazon forest in Ecuador. Posted 10 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Tough one, I did some shallow searching but no match yet. Can we at least establish its main family, like is this a fly, wasp, etc? Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. morpheme
    
    Lion
    
    I think it may be a sweat bee of some sort - link to come
    http://bugguide.net/node/view/174661 this information probably doesn't cover South America unless the species is present here too unfortunately. I was unable to, at least quickly, find information for these bees south of Mexico. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Excellent find! Posted 10 years ago

Pducros

Giant Tortoise

Thanks morpheme. There are agapostemon and I think augochlorini species in ecuador. So I think sweat bee is right....unfortunately with the one photo before it flew off I am not sure if I can get closer to an ID Posted 10 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Quick tip: please use the reply link below a comment if you're posting in response to somebody, otherwise morpheme will not get a notification and may miss your answer. Posted 10 years ago

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Uploaded May 25, 2015. Captured Mar 13, 2015 20:20 in Sucumbios, Ecuador.

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