Moustache! - _TNY_6779
A Barbut's cuckoo-bee (Bombus barbutellus) lunching on 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.
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Moustache! - _TNY_6779
A Barbut's cuckoo-bee (Bombus barbutellus) lunching on 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.
1,360
views
5
faves
39
comments
Uploaded on September 5, 2015
Taken on September 3, 2015