The red-tailed mason bee (Osmia bicolor), UK - this bee nests in an empty snail shell, and camouflages the nest by covering it with grass stems

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Size: 3837px × 2558px
Location: Homefield Wood, Buckinghamshire, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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