Ceratina perforatrix
[Small Carpenter Bee]
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Classification: | Kingdom: Animalia | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Insecta | Order: Hymenoptera | Family: Apidae | Genus: Ceratina |

When I lifted up the yellow, curved, petal-like stamen (look more like a lid) in the large white flower of the Cheilocostus speciosus (Crepe Ginger), this bee was already in there harvesting the honey.

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This one was working on the flower of Sea Lettuce (Scaevola sericea).

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