Image of Vestal cuckoo bee

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Vestal Cuckoo Bee

Bombus vestalis (Geoffroy 1785)

Associations

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In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Animal / sequestrates
female of Psithyrus vestalis takes over nest of Bombus terrestris
Other: sole host/prey

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