Blue-banded Bee

Blue-banded Bee landing on a purple flower.
Blue-banded Bee, Embalse de los Molinos, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/10; 1/1600 sec.

This page is for the Blue-banded Bee (Amegilla pajara). This bee was flitting around the flowers as we were headed to lunch. I was very happy to get this shot.