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Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee
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Bombus rupestris

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Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee - Photo 1

Six-spot Burnet moth - Zygaena filipendulae and Bombus rupestris cuckoo beeA thistle takes up the right part of the frame the majority of the thistle has already bloomed in is spiky green seed pods. However there is one blooming this hole which is magenta bright pink on which a red tailed cuckoo bumblebee is visible. The back of the bumblebee visible, and it’s primarily brown with a yellowish orange tail. To the right of the bee is a moth which is facing away from the camera its head is pointed toward the top of the frame and its wings are pointed toward the bottom of the frame. It’s wings are beautiful gray with bright red splotches. The background of the picture is unfocused greenery
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Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee - Photo 2

Bombus rupestris, the red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee is visible on a yellow flower, in a field of yellow flowers. The cuckoo bumblebee is in the center frame. The bee is primarily black/browm with an orange tail /
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Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee - Photo 3

Bombus rupestris , the red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee is visible center frame, hovering over a lavender colored flower I'm =na sea of green, The cuckoo bee is mostly black/brown with an orange tail.
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Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee - Photo 4

Bombus rupestris (red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee) between between the purple heather
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Bombus rupestris, the red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee is visible on a yellow flower, in a field of yellow flowers. The cuckoo bumblebee is in the center frame. The bee is primarily black/browm with an orange tail /

Red-Tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee

Bombus rupestris

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