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Unidentified at suppressed - 6 Dec 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 6 Dec 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 6 Dec 2024
Unidentified at suppressed - 6 Dec 2024
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Hylaeus (Hylaeorhiza) nubilosus 17 Dec 2024 WendyEM

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I've spent years hoping to find the wasp who builds these nests. Instead I found a bee reusing one. She spent ages recapping one old exit hole, by the end of the day the 2nd round exit hole had been plugged too.

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  • old mud wasp nest being reused for her nest Associated Insect
  • 5mm to 12mm Animal size
  • Female Gender
  • Nest building Breeding behaviour
  • True Bee nest present

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