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Hymenoptera
Cuckoo Bee
Melectaluctuosa
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Hymenoptera
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Apidae
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Melecta
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luctuosa
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August 2008
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I found this bee quite comical to watch, hovering at flowers with a loud buzz. It breeds as a cuckoo in the nests of Anthophora species.
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