Andrena bee with oil beetle larvae (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Andrena bee with oil beetle larvae

Caption

Andrena bee (Andrena sp.) on a flower. Several orange-colored oil beetle larvae have clung to its body, hoping to make their way into the bee nest. There, they intend to feed on bee eggs and food stores meant for the bee's brood and continue their development into an adult beetle.

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Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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