Paul Harcourt Davies / Crown Anemone (Anemone coronaria) magenta form with cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus sp.) pollinator. Gious Kambos, Spili, Crete, April
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Andy Sands / Cuckoo bee (Melecta albifrons) parasite of (Anthophora plumipes) on old wall where host species nests, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April
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Andy Sands / Cuckoo bee (Melecta albifrons) parasite of (Anthophora plumipes) on old wall where host species nests, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April
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Andy Sands / Nomad bee (Nomada flava) a 'cuckoo bee' who lays its eggs in the nests of various Andrena bees, Herfordshire, England, UK, May
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Andy Sands / Cuckoo Bee (Epeolus cruciger) about to enter the burrow of a mining bee where its larvae feed as a cleptoparasite. West Sussex, England, UK, August.
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Stephen Dalton / Vestal cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus vestalis) in flight towards Cranesbill geranium, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Vestal cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus vestalis) flying to Cranesbill geranium flower, UK
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Andy Sands / Cuckoo Bee (Epeolus cruciger) feeding on Heather flowers, Hampshire, England, July
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Andy Sands / Cuckoo Bee (Epeolus cruciger) feeding on Heather flowers. Hampshire, UK, July.
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Nick Upton / Nomad / Cuckoo Bee (Nomada fulvicornis) sun basking on a leaf, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Cuckoo bee (Melecta albifrons) a parasite of Hairy-Footed Flower Bees (Anthophora plumipes) and other masonry bees, searching an old wall for host nests. Brandenburg, Germany, April.
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Nick Upton / Cuckoo Bee (Melecta albifrons) a parasite of Hairy-footed flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) emerging from host nest in an old wall. Brandenburg, Germany, April.