Cuckoo bee. Macrophotograph of a female cuckoo bee (Nomada fervida). Cuckoo bees are so named for their habit of laying eggs in the nests of other bee
Cuckoo bee. Macrophotograph of a female cuckoo bee (Nomada fervida). Cuckoo bees are so named for their habit of laying eggs in the nests of other bee species. This uncommon species lays its eggs in the nest of bees in sandy habitats. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying, cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species.
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Photo credit: © US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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