Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) turning over a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell she has built a nest in on chalk grassland, UK

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Two-coloured mason bee (Osmia bicolor) turning over a Brown-lipped snail (Cepaeae nemoralis) shell has built a nest in on a chalk grassland slope, before camouflaging it with a pile of dried vegetation, Bath and northeast Somerset, UK, May.

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Size: 4666px × 3499px
Location: Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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