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Cuckoo bee; Abeja cuco
Nomadina
40.5403, -3.68578
Field Notes
Description:
Kleptoparasitic bee.
This subfamily is entirely kleptoparasitic. Noadinae bees enter the nests of pollen-collecting species, and lay their eggs in cells provisioned by the host bee. When the cuckoo bee larva hatches it consumes the host larva's pollen ball, and, if the female kleptoparasite has not already done so, kills and eats the host larva.
Females of cuckoo bees are easy to recognize in almost all cases, as they lack pollen collecting structures (the scopa) and do not construct their own nests.
Habitat:
Spotted in open Mediterranean forest with Holm oaks and pine trees. Dehesa de Valdelatas
Notes:
mera Model: NIKON D500. Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.; f/8; ISO Speed Rating: 635. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm. No flash fired. DSC_4008, 7, 6.
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