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Epeoloides coecutiens
A rather rare cuckoo bee discovered while sleeping in the grass. The host of this bee are Macropis bees. Macropis bees live from Lysmachia plants only So this cuckoo bee also depends on that plant, even if it doesn't visit the plant himself.
Spotted on Jul 12, 2015
Submitted on Jul 14, 2015
12 Comments
Stunning!
Congrats !!
Wow! Really beautiful photos! Congratulations!
Congratulations Henk Wallays !
Congrats Henk Wallays! Great SOTD.
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Thnaks for all the fine comments. It is indeed a rather rare bee, although it is very easy to recognize only 58 specimens have been observed in the last 15 years for Belgium, form which I've been able to detect 17 in my region only.
wonderful spotting!!
In which place did you see it? Lovely, I would like to find these but indeed they must be rare here in Belgium.
excellent! excellent! Excellent!
Fabulous! I guess pic 3 is sleeping position with mandibles locked on ?
Thanks for sharing this wonderful spotting (photos and information).