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Cuckoo Bee/Wasp? - Leucospis affinis - female

Cuckoo Bee/Wasp? - Leucospis affinis - Female
Carmichael, Sacramento County, California, USA
June 8, 2013
Size: 5-7mm
Temperature 106 F no wind. House siding. For at least 15 minutes, this insect was hanging out outside the hole of a small gray leaf-cutter bee that had been recently covered. It seemed to be trying to back into the hole even though the cover seemed complete.

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Cuckoo Bee/Wasp? - Leucospis affinis - female Cuckoo Bee/Wasp? - Leucospis affinis - female

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