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Purbeck District, England, UK
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SO729470. Cradley, Malvern, Worcs.
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Broadstairs, England, United Kingdom
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Throop, England, United Kingdom
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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Wandana Heights, Victoria, Australia
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Hervey Range, Queensland, Australia
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Montejaque, Malaga Province, Andalucia. Spain
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Stony Cross, England, United Kingdom
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Frontolateral.Male, first specimen for Sweden.
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A welcome visitor to our garden this week. This one is a male. It has a number of sharp points at the the end of its abdomen. Females have a tapered pointed end to their abdomen. "Coelioxys bees are cuckoo bees (or 'cleptoparasites') which lay their eggs inside the nests of other types of bees in a similar way as cuckoo birds lay eggs in the nests of other types of birds. ...The eggs hatch into Coelioxys larvae which kill the leafcutter bee young and also eat the food stored for them."
www.aussiebee.com.au/coelioxys-bee-dec2011.htmlPhoto: Fred
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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Benaocaz, Cadiz Procince, Andalucia, Spain
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Hervey Range, Queensland, Australia
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Montejaque, Malaga Province, Andalucia. Spain
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Stony Cross, England, United Kingdom
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Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia
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Megachile erythropyga femaleI thought I had photos of the same species native bee but on looking at the photos they have different numbers of white stripes on the abdomen. I like the little Hemiptera bug drinking the nectar on one of the flowers.I need to mention that these photos were taken over a period of a number of hours on different populations of these little flowers.
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Briantspuddle, England, United Kingdom
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470
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Osmia rufa male, Rennes (France), 18 IV 2007