Shiny-vented sharp-tail bee / Cuckoo bee (Coelioxys inermis) visiting an insect hotel, entering a host Leafcutter bee nest to parasitise it, UK.

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Shiny-vented sharp-tail bee / Cuckoo bee (Coelioxys inermis) visiting an insect hotel, searching for host Leafcutter bee nests to parasitise, Wiltshire garden, UK, June.

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Size: 4016px × 3012px
Location: Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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