Photography: Nomada rufipes

Posted on by Daniel Greenwood

Nomada rufipes

Nomada rufipes, a cleptoparasitic bee that I spotted on Farthing Downs on the edge of London. It steals from an Andrena bee to survive, but I only saw it drinking nectar from the heads of these ragwort flowers.

Published by Daniel Greenwood

Landscape writer and photographer with a focus on woods and trees, fungi, and macro photography

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