Cuckoo bee

This is the cuckoo bee Nomada goodeniana, they are described as cuckoo bees because the females lay there eggs in the nests of ground nesting bees, Andrena. The hatched larvae eat the pollen provisioned by the Andrena adults and emerge in the Spring. The practice of stealing food from another species is called cleptoparasitism, there are many wasp and bee species which feed their young in this way.

Nomada goodeniana

Nomada goodeniana