A cuckoo bee - Nomada fucata, cleptoparasite of the mining bee Andrena flavipes.

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Nomada fucata is a cuckoo bee. Females lay their eggs in the nests of the mining bee Andrena flavipes. This is a male.

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Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Warwickshire, UK.
Photo credit: © Edward Phillips / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aculeate, andrena, bee, bug, cleptoparasite, close, close-, closeup, cuckoo, flavipes, fucata, hymenoptera, insect, macro, male, nature, nomada, parasite, parasitic, pollination, pollinator, solitary, wildlife