Knob-fronted Cuckoo-Orchid bee (Exaerete frontalis)

Knob-fronted Cuckoo-Orchid bee, a reference photo — Photo: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA · Public domain

Exaerete frontalis is a kleptoparasitic species of euglossine bees.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Knob-fronted Cuckoo-Orchid bee being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Exaerete smaragdina

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Exaerete
Species: Exaerete frontalis

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