Mark McCaughrean on Nostr: It was still flying quickly around, so I couldn't get great close-up shots, but ...

It was still flying quickly around, so I couldn't get great close-up shots, but certainly better than earlier today.

T. orbatus is a cuckoo bee that lays its eggs in the nest of a flower bee in genus Anthophora. Its larvae hatch first, eat the food, & kill the host bee larvae. Nice.

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