Nomada sp.

A Cuckoo Bee at rest in the heart of a dandelion flower in a wet meadow. Nomada is a kleptoparasite group species, females lay in the nests of other bees species.

Fontourcy, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Photo ID: Nomada_sp.

Photo size: 24.2 Mpixels (69.1 MB uncompressed) - 6019x4013 pixels (20.1x13.4 in / 51x34 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Apidae, Apocrita, Bee, Corrèze, Cuckoo Bee, Dandelion, Faune, France, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Kleptoparasite, Limousin, Nature, Nomada, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Taraxacum, Taraxacum officinalis, Wild Bee, Wildlife

Published in: Bees and Wasps, Other Insects of my wet meadow. Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.