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The Bloody-nosed Beetle is a large flightless leaf beetle native to Europe that defends itself by reflex bleeding a foul-tasting red liquid from its mouth.
Beefeater Blood Orange Gin is a London Dry style gin infused with the juice and oils of Sicilian blood oranges, resulting in a vibrant citrus flavor alongside juniper notes.
Sphecodes gibbus is a cleptoparasitic cuckoo bee native to Europe, distinguished by its red abdomen and habit of invading other bees' nests.
Sphecodes monilicornis is a solitary cuckoo bee species native to Europe and Asia, notable for its distinctively segmented, red-and-black abdomen.
Sphecodes ephippius is a Palearctic cuckoo bee species that survives by laying its eggs in the provisioned nests of other ground-nesting bees.
Sphecodes pellucidus is a Palearctic cuckoo bee that survives by laying its eggs in the provisioned nests of sweat bees in the genus Lasioglossum.
Sphecodes hyalinatus is a cleptoparasitic cuckoo bee found in Europe, lacking pollen-collecting structures because it invades other bees' nests.
