Working My Way Up - _TNY_9381
A Barbut's cuckoo-bee (Bombus barbutellus) haning on to a flower of the darker variety of great masterwort (Astrantia major).
This is one of the cuckoo bumbebees which parasite on other bumblebees, in this case on B. hortorum and B. ruderatus.
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Taken on July 21, 2016
Working My Way Up - _TNY_9381
A Barbut's cuckoo-bee (Bombus barbutellus) haning on to a flower of the darker variety of great masterwort (Astrantia major).
This is one of the cuckoo bumbebees which parasite on other bumblebees, in this case on B. hortorum and B. ruderatus.
10,324
views
82
faves
570
comments
Uploaded on January 18, 2017
Taken on July 21, 2016