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Coelioxys rufescens, female

Coelioxys rufescens is a cuckoo bee, laying its eggs in the nests of Megachile (leaf-cutter bee) & possibly Anthophora (flower bee) species.

All the Shropshire records of this species except one come from my garden!

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Uploaded on August 12, 2015
Taken on August 2, 2015