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Jul 22, 2010 7:11 AM CST
Name: Christine
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On another note......

This is a Cuckoo Bee, probably Triepeolus sp. and definitely not nice!

The female lays her eggs in the nests of other solitary nesting bees.

They sort of look like a cross between a bee and a wasp. Usually found hovering close to the ground, sneaking around looking for the burrows where native solitary bees nest, and then like a thief, they slip into the burrow and lay their eggs. The hatched larvae then eat the host's food and parasitize (kill and eat) the host's larvae.





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