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Red-thighed Cellophane-cuckoo Bee
Epeolus cruciger
Epeolus cruciger, the red-thighed epeolus, is a species of cuckoo bee from the family Apidae. It is endemic to Europe where its main host is the common colletes (Colletes succintus), although other species of Colletes mining bees have been recorded as hosts.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 154663.