Hieratic Bee Wolf

In Hymenoptera, males often appear one or two weeks before females.
One can see them foraging and waiting actively around the nest where females will emerge...

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Bee wolves (Philanthus triangulum) are rather easy to identify, with the crown pattern above antennas, oval eyes of violine color and the triangular marks on the abdomen.

Females capture and paralyze bees to feed the new generation. Males only have to forage on flowers and wait for females.

Males frequently adopt this hieratic attitude. One could even say they keep it while flying...

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