Vandaag voor #ElkeDagEenInsect #Bloedbij_spec. ( #sphecodes ). Op de foto is de bloedbij net uit een nest van de grijze zandbij (Andrena vaga) geslopen.

A slightly fuzzy grey bee with a bright red abdomen is sitting on a patch of soil. She has a very cute face with large glossy black eyes and tufts of silver fur.

The adorable face of one who spends all her time stalking other bees & hiding eggs in their nests that will hatch early w/ terrifying larval mandibles they’ll use to kill the unborn bee baby, eat its food & maybe eat the baby too.

Tiny Sphecodes or blood bee, a kleptoparasite.
#dailybee #sphecodes

Sphecodes sp.

Sphecodes spp.
Hopless to ID without preparing genitalia.
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#Sphecodes #Apoidea #Apiformes #Halictidae #Halictinae #Hymenoptera