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BL~ 5mm

At UV over white sheet, roadside overlooking Artemisia Baccharis Salvia scrub.

This is a duplicate to ID the insect (wasp?) that is holding onto the abdomen of the bee. My guess is that it is parasitic. The bee seemed stunned and not very responsive to touch.

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On Ophrys iricolor

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202794598 - same spot as this observation. Perhaps same individual too?

Sample from SLAM trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 3-10 March 2023

On Ophrys lutea galilaea plant

DVR-169.23. USA.: CA, Colusa Co., 39.13834
-122.34748, 128m elev., 6-13.vi.2023, malaise over thick vegetation at creek edge, D. Valle Rogers

Resting on understorey vegetation at night.

Caught in a Malaise trap set in forest understorey.

~5mm

Large, about 40mm in length

Bersarang membuat lobang di tanah, terutama ditebing

On blackberries.

On Carlina involucrata

Identified by Ken Walker

Abeja de la familia Apidae, la ( Svastrides melanura ), pecoreando flores del Palo Verde ( Parkinsonia aculeata ).
Interrelación Floral: Svastrides melanura - ( Parkinsonia aculeata ).

Mating pair