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England, United Kingdom
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Benaocaz, Cadiz Procince, Andalucia, Spain
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Montana Baja, Canary Islands, Spain
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The bees love the Daviesia angulata flowers.Photos: Fred
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Urbanizacion Callao Salvaje, Canary Islands, Spain
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Morocco
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Jimena, Andalucia, Spain
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Stony Cross, England, United Kingdom
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Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
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Westcliff-on-sea, England, United Kingdom
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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: Jean
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Cayo Coco, Cuba
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Megachile (Austrochile) rottnestensis> mFred photographed this fellow in Nov 2011.Thanks for the ID Bernhard Jacobi.
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Fbrica de Las Bombas, Andalusia, Spain
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Cradley, Malvern Worcs. SO7347
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Benaocaz, Cadiz Procince, Andalucia, Spain