This female Andrena (probably Barbilabris) was being followed everywhere it went by the fly in the left of the image. I think the fly is a Leucophora sp. or Satellite Fly which parasitise the nests of Andrenid species.
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Showing posts with label "the lodge". Show all posts
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Face-off on the heath
This female Andrena (probably Barbilabris) was being followed everywhere it went by the fly in the left of the image. I think the fly is a Leucophora sp. or Satellite Fly which parasitise the nests of Andrenid species.
Labels:
"the lodge",
Andrena bicolor,
leucophora,
sandy,
satellite fly
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