High-speed footage of a male four-banded flower bee (Anthofora quadrimaculata) approaching a female resin bee (Heriades truncorum), as she feeds on the nectar of a spear thistle flower (Cirsium vulgare). He moves in to mate before realising that she is a different species. Filmed in Surrey, UK, at 250 frames per second (slowed down ten times). | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library |
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