Mining bee. Macrophotograph of a male mining bee of the species Andrena carlini,partially covered in parasitic blister beetle larvae (family Meloidae). Blister beetles exhibit hypermetamorphosis,where an insect goes through several functionally and morphologically distinct larval stages. Blister beetles larvae,known as triungula,are insectivorous,mainly attacking bees. Photographed by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab: an organisation dedicated to identifying,cataloguing and monitoring bees and other insect species | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / US Geological Survey |
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