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Scientific Name Coelioxys inermis
Location Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Behavior Coelioxys parasitise leafcutter bees in the genus Megachile. This female was hanging around on one of my bee posts, waiting for a female Megachile to vacate the premises, so that she could enter the nest and lay her egg. When her egg hatches, it seeks out the Megachile larvae and kills it with its large sickle shaped jaws. Then the Coelioxys larvae feeds on the food layed down by the host bee.
Sex Female
Source Coelioxys inermis - cuckoo bee
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2005 Nigel Jones
Attached to Group Megachilini (Megachilidae): view page image collection
Title Coelioxys inermis - cuckoo bee
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 34109
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