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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Robust Large-headed Bee

Stenotritus pubescens

About

A heavily built bee covered in dense pale pubescence found in southern Australia. It is one of the fastest-flying bee species and is difficult to catch in flight.

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Did You Know?

It has been clocked flying at speeds exceeding 28 km/h, making it one of the fastest bees ever recorded.