Ivy bees (Colletes hederae), a solitary species of plasterer bee first seen in the British Isles in 2001, in a mating ball on sand in Hampshire, UK

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Size: 3802px × 2535px
Location: Longmoor, Hampshire, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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