Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball, showing a mass of males clustered around a female recently emerged from her burrow, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball, showing a mass of males clustered around a female recently emerged from her burrow, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Large number of male Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) flying over a grassy bank, searching for newly emerged females to mate with, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Pair of mating Ivy bees (Colletes hederae) struggling to climb grass stems as many other males compete to mate, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) grooming and emerging from its burrow, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball, showing a mass of males clustered around a female recently emerged from her burrow, Wiltshire, England, UK, September.
