Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball with a mass of males clustered around a female newly emerged from her burrow in a grassy bank, Wiltshire garden

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Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) mating ball with a mass of males clustered around a female newly emerged from her burrow in a grassy bank, Wiltshire garden, UK, September.

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Size: 3896px × 5242px
Location: Bradford-on-Avon, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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