Bees Garuda, which Longest Insect Discovered in Sulawesi

Newscientist science magazine reported, found species of bees in Sulawesi,which could be categorized as one of the longest in the world of bees. The length of nearly 4 centimeters. Wasps are predators of the little finger was found on a remote island in Sulawesi.

Unique animal was found by scientists from the University of California, Davis, USA.

According to the researchers,large jaws and front legs so the bees are longer, making it difficult to understand how they could walk.

Lynn Kimsey of the University of California (UC Davis) finds large insects during the last expedition to the Mountains Mekongga Southeast Sulawesi.

Kimsey said the wasp species is apparently not common. He only found six bees in 3 years of investigation. The plan to dig a new nickel mine in the Mountains Mekongga will be "bad news" for the wasps, Kimsey said.

Strangely,they are not crowned as the world's largest bee. The award is given to a type of bee beranama "tarantula hawk," which extends for more than 6 cm, and - as the name suggests - a very happy hunting tarantulas.

Lynn Kimsey who earned the nickname 'female wasps' on campus, for its expertise in Entimologi,science of learning about insects.

Large-bodied wasp that he found is now studied at the Bohart Museum, UC, Kimsey-led institution.

For that,he plans to call a bee is "Garuda", as mythology Indonesia