Night-flying Sweat Bee, Megalopta sp. (Halictidae) photo

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03-MAY-2011

Night-flying Sweat Bee, Megalopta sp. (Halictidae)

Tiputini Forest Reserve, Prov. Orellana, Ecuador

Unlike most sweat bees, which forage in daylight, the large-eyed species of the genus Megalopta are active at night. This bee was one of several attracted to a light sheet at twilight.
iNaturalist observation

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
1/200s f/11.0 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

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