Not all bees are yellow and brown. This is a northern blue-banded bee.
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hollydolly
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Found mainly in Australia...just as beautiful as all the colourful Australian Birds...
hawkdon
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- Liberty MO
look at the size of that stinger, wow...... 
Murrmurr
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Very pretty...until you get to the stinger. That thing's wicked.How pretty is that!
RnR
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- Gold Coast, Queensland
Australia's colourful Cuckoo Wasp
Among the most resplendent insects to be found in Australia is the iridescent green, blue, and purple Cuckoo Wasp. As cunning as it is beautiful, this parasitic wasp lays its eggs in the nest of a ‘host’ species, whose unlucky larvae provide a food source for the wasp’s young. When threatened by a rival, the cuckoo wasp can curl up into an almost impenetrable armoured ball.
My son spotted one of these a few years ago and I tracked down what it was. As a result I bought him an Australian coin featuring the insect.
Among the most resplendent insects to be found in Australia is the iridescent green, blue, and purple Cuckoo Wasp. As cunning as it is beautiful, this parasitic wasp lays its eggs in the nest of a ‘host’ species, whose unlucky larvae provide a food source for the wasp’s young. When threatened by a rival, the cuckoo wasp can curl up into an almost impenetrable armoured ball.
My son spotted one of these a few years ago and I tracked down what it was. As a result I bought him an Australian coin featuring the insect.