I found a bee in a guava tree

I am pretty sure this is a blue banded bee from the google image search and this was the only good photo I got - from behind, ha ha. Oh well, lucky he has a cute butt. I have cropped in and used the auto in lightroom.

[Babs]

What a great find. fav.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

super capture

[Bill Davidson]

Wonderful capture.

[JackieR]

tht is a fabulous capture Elisa.

[Diana]

I love bees and I love guavas, what a magical combination.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh brilliant capture. my blue banded look really different to this one

[Carole Sandford]

Superb capture!

[Paula Fontanini]

AWESOME mid air capture!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot

[Phil Howcroft]

superb macro shot elisa

[Delwyn Barnett]

Stunning image, so good to get it so clearly while in flight.

[Boxplayer]

Brilliant detail of its colouring

[haskar]

Great timing and lovely shot.

[Elisa Smith]

@onewing @ziggy77 @billdavidson @30pics4jackiesdiamond @ludwigsdiana @carole_sandford @bluemoon @elisasaeter @phil_howcroft @dkbarnett @boxplayer @haskar Thanks.
@koalagardens Thanks. Yeah I am not 100% sure it is a blue banded, the colours seem to be more greens and teals, with no definite back lines either. I have seen a blue banded back home in Mildura, and it was pretty definite. But side on there are bits of blue on the sides? So not sure, I am hoping to get a better shot side on, over the next few days.

[Bill Ososki]

Looks like he's going after ice-cream

[Elisa Smith]

@koalagardens After a good bit of googling I think I have found it - In the same family as the blue banded Amegilla, but Aeruginosa (Smith, 1854).