A dark side bee

Lord Vetinari

Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

April 14, 2014 edited April 15, 2014 in Holy Macro

A very dark version of the cuckoo bee Melecta albifrons. The female lays it's egg in the nest burrow of the hairy footed flower bee ( Anthophora plumipes).
Brian V.

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DeeBug Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins

April 14, 2014 edited April 14, 2014

Great images Brian,i've never seen one of these!

Davy

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Lord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins

April 15, 2014 edited April 15, 2014

DeeBug wrote: »

Great images Brian,i've never seen one of these!

Davy

Thanks Davy
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