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Cuckoo Bee

Epeoloides coecutiens

Photo by InêsVeloso
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

White eyes and very long antennae.
Light brown and black body.

Notes:

Kleptoparasitic behaviour of laying their eggs in the nests of other bees, reminiscent of the behavior of cuckoo birds.

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