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Flying bulldog’: world’s largest bee spotted again
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- The world’s largest bee a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb has been rediscovered.
- It has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia in its first sighting in nearly 40 years.
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Wallace’s giant bee:
- Discovered in the 19th century by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in the wild since 1981.
- Bee is nicknamed the flying bulldog.
- One can figure out how beautiful and big the species is in life is by hearing sound of its giant wings.
About the bee:
- lives in the Indonesian island region of North Moluccas.
- It makes nest in termite mounds by using its large fang-like mandibles to collect sticky resin to protect its home from the termites.
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists the bee as vulnerable.
Source
The Hindu