World’s largest bee, once presumed extinct, filmed alive in the wild

National Geographic ^ | February 21, 2019 | Douglas Main

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THE WORLD’S LARGEST bee may also be the planet’s most elusive. First discovered in 1859 by the prominent scientist Alfred Russel Wallace, nobody could locate it again, and it was presumed extinct.

But Wallace’s giant bee (Megachile pluto) was not gone. In 1981, an entomologist named Adam Messer searched and found it on three islands in Indonesia, on an archipelago called the North Moluccas. He collected a specimen and wrote about his discovery in 1984.

Now, for the first time, it has been photographed and filmed alive in the wild, by a team including nature photographer Clay Bolt. Meanwhile, in the last year, two specimens of the insect have been sold on eBay for thousands of dollars, raising fears about its continued survival.

[EdnaMode]

Hollywood could make a blockbuster about this.

[dfwgator]

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It’s so rare some ahole stuck it in a bottle and sold it on the internet.

[Bullish]

You seen one damn bee you’ve seen them all.

[bigbob]

Finally though, something on eBay that actually deserved to be called “RARE!!!!”

[Berlin_Freeper]

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[Drew68]

World’s largest bee, once presumed extinct, filmed alive in the wild

Global warming.

If we don't stop it now, our grandkids will be fighting off dinosaurs.

[TigersEye]

NatGeo: “Species are going extinct at an alarming rate. Except when they aren’t.”

[blueunicorn6]

Great flaming Wolf Spiders!

[Ezekiel]

Meanwhile, in the last year, two specimens of the insect have been sold on eBay for thousands of dollars, raising fears about its continued survival.

eBay? Well of course. It's bee Latin.

[mountn man]

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[Daffynition]

Of course...

[Getready]

Hope it doesnt mate with a killer bee...

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Lol!

Now THAT’s the “world’s largest bee”!

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Thanks for the ping. :)

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