Dull-vented
Sharp-tail Bee Coelioxys elongata (Lepeletier, 1841)  |
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| One of several Coelioxys species found in the UK, Coelioxys elongata has the most widespread distribution. Coelioxys species are commonly known as Sharp-tailed Bees and are clepto-parasites of some Megachile and Anthophora Bees. The 'Sharp-tail' in the name is derived from the pointed abdomen of the female (upper two photographs) which uses it to cut a slit in the the host Bee’s cell before inserting her own egg. We have had a number of records of Coelioxys elongata from our Market Warsop garden in recent years. | ||
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| Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Coelioxys
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