Triepeolus Bee by Jeanne Dammarell

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10-AUG-2014	Jeanne Dammarell

Triepeolus Bee

Coffeepot Lake, Lincoln Co., Washington

On Gaillardia. This bee is a cleptoparasite of other bees, so instead of gathering pollen to feed the young, she lays her eggs in the nest cavities of other bees.

Canon EOS 7D ,Sigma 150mm f/2.8 APO EX DG Macro HSM
1/1600s f/11.0 at 210.0mm iso640 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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