Magenta Dinner - _TNY_6777_Crop
Closeup on the face of a Barbut's cuckoo-bee (Bombus barbutellus) on top of an orpine (Hylotelephium telephium).
Like all cuckoo bees, this species imitates other species of bumblebees and parasitize on them. This one specializing on B. hortorum and B. ruderatus.
Original uncropped image can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/21140263862
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Magenta Dinner - _TNY_6777_Crop
Closeup on the face of a Barbut's cuckoo-bee (Bombus barbutellus) on top of an orpine (Hylotelephium telephium).
Like all cuckoo bees, this species imitates other species of bumblebees and parasitize on them. This one specializing on B. hortorum and B. ruderatus.
Original uncropped image can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/21140263862
758
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Uploaded on September 5, 2015
Taken on September 3, 2015