Parasite stylopid Andrena nivalis

Photo By/Credit

Wayne Boo/USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab

Date Shot/Created
06/10/2022
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
The abdomen of a female snow miner bee (Andrena nivalis). A parasitic female stylopid has just given birth likely killing the bee in the process.
Subject tags
Insects
Pollinators