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WWT Brotheridge Green, Worcs. SO811413
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SO729470. Cradley, Malvern, Worcs
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Cayo Coco, Cuba
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FemaleUnited KingdomPhotograph by Koorosh McCormack
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Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia
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SO729470. Cradley, Malvern, Worcs
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs, SO7347
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Audley, New South Wales, Australia
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SO729407. Cradley, Malvern Worcs
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SO973563. WWT Grafton Woods. Worcs
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Jimena, Andalusia, Spain
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A welcome visitor to our garden this week. This one is a male. It has a number of sharp points at the the end of its abdomen. Females have a tapered pointed end to their abdomen. "Coelioxys bees are cuckoo bees (or 'cleptoparasites') which lay their eggs inside the nests of other types of bees in a similar way as cuckoo birds lay eggs in the nests of other types of birds. ...The eggs hatch into Coelioxys larvae which kill the leafcutter bee young and also eat the food stored for them."
www.aussiebee.com.au/coelioxys-bee-dec2011.htmlPhoto: Fred
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SN702614, Cors Caron,Tregaron Wales
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MaleUnited KingdomPhotograph by Koorosh McCormack
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SO733529. Worcester Wildlife Trust site at Crews Hill, Worcs.
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New South Wales, Australia
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Fbrica de Las Bombas, Andalusia, Spain
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Catacol, Isle of Arran. NR915495
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San Francisco Reserve, nr Torti, Darien Province, Panama
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Potaro-Siparuni, Guyana
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New South Wales, Australia
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St. Simon's Island Georgia USA
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia