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Cuckoo bumblebee (Psithyrus insularis) searching for pollen and nectar on sneezeweed (Dugaldia hoopsii).
Bumblebee 2008
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So, for instance, the Psithyrus is extremely like the Bumble-bee, whose parasite and descendant she is.
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Instance the Psithyrus, who lives at the expense of the
The Mason-Bees Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Still common in England, the curious bee-a member of the subgenus Psithyrus-was discovered just over the border in St Abbs. Cuckoo bumblebees have long been thought to be their own genus.
BNET Articles Jim Edwards 2010
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Cuckoo bumblebee (Psithyrus insularis) searching for pollen and nectar on sneezeweed
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Cuckoo bumblebee (Psithyrus insularis) searching for pollen and nectar on sneezeweed
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