This is the first of what I hope will be an ongoing series on the insect life of Mae Sot. Xylocopa Latipes, also known as the Carpenter Bee, is the largest bee in the world, and common throughout Southeast Asia. I found this guy on the side of the highway as I was cycling back from muay thai. He has beautiful iridescent blue wings, pale grey compound eyes, and his body is about the size of my thumb. I don't think he was a well bee; he was dirty and dusty and crawling slowly into the traffic, breathing with apparent difficulty. I turned him around (carefully) and left him be.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Xylocopa Latipes
This is the first of what I hope will be an ongoing series on the insect life of Mae Sot. Xylocopa Latipes, also known as the Carpenter Bee, is the largest bee in the world, and common throughout Southeast Asia. I found this guy on the side of the highway as I was cycling back from muay thai. He has beautiful iridescent blue wings, pale grey compound eyes, and his body is about the size of my thumb. I don't think he was a well bee; he was dirty and dusty and crawling slowly into the traffic, breathing with apparent difficulty. I turned him around (carefully) and left him be.
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Have you considered opening an insect hospital? It could be your legacy project.
ReplyDeletep.s. Please post more critter shots. You know how much I like critters.