Natural closeup on a Vestal cuckoo bumblebee, Bombus vestalis sitting on a purple knapweed flower, centaurea jacea

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Photo credit: © Henk Wallays / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: animal, arthropod, arthropoda, bee, biology, bombus, bumblebee, cleptoparasite, close-, cuckoo, entomology, hymenoptera, insect, invertebrate, macro, nature, outdoors, parasite, pollinator, psithyrus, single, solitary, vertical, vestal, vestalis, wild, wildlife