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Thyreus nitidulus is a species of cuckoo bee native to Australia, recognizable by its striking black and blue coloration. It is a kleptoparasite, meaning it lacks its own nest-building behavior and instead reproduces by laying eggs in the nests of blue-banded bees in the genus Amegilla. The larvae o...
Thyreus caeruleopunctatus is an Australian blue-spotted cuckoo bee, notable as a brood parasite of solitary Amegilla bees rather than a nest builder.
Nomada fucata is a Palearctic cuckoo bee described by Panzer in 1798, notable for laying its eggs in the nests of other solitary bees instead of provisioning cells.
Exaerete frontalis is a large orchid bee in the family Apidae, native to the tropical Americas. It is a cleptoparasitic species: females do not provision their own brood cells but enter nests of certain other orchid bees and lay eggs there, leaving the developing offspring to use provisions gathered...
Coelioxys inermis is a Palearctic sharp-tailed cuckoo bee described by Kirby in 1802, notable for developing as a brood parasite in leafcutter-bee nests.
Described by Kirby in 1802, Nomada goodeniana is a widespread cleptoparasitic bee that lacks pollen-collecting structures and invades the nests of Andrena species.
First classified by Linnaeus in 1758, Nomada ruficornis is a nomadic cuckoo bee notable for its red and yellow wasp-like appearance and parasitic nesting behavior.
Sphecodes gibbus is a cleptoparasitic cuckoo bee native to Europe, distinguished by its red abdomen and habit of invading other bees' nests.
Triepeolus remigatus, classified in 1804, is a North American cleptoparasitic bee noted for its striking maculated patterns and its specialization on host bees.
Nomada fabriciana, named in honor of entomologist Johan Fabricius, is a European cuckoo bee that exhibits cleptoparasitism by laying eggs in Andrena bee nests.
Sphecodes monilicornis is a solitary cuckoo bee species native to Europe and Asia, notable for its distinctively segmented, red-and-black abdomen.
Sphecodes hyalinatus is a cleptoparasitic cuckoo bee found in Europe, lacking pollen-collecting structures because it invades other bees' nests.
