Stefan F. Wirth
ScienceActuallyCuckoos are brood parasites - laying eggs in the nests of other birds, which raise the chick thinking it is one of their own.
The bigger bird in this photo is the cuckoo chick being fed by its tricked, and much smaller surrogate mother.
@grrlscientist great article about recent #research on the #eggmimicry in #cuckoos with fascination information about the number of distinct #eggvariations a cuckoo female can produce to be able to mimic as #broodparasite a greater diversity of #hostspecies. Fascinating are especially the findings about the genetic basics for all that in the European cuckoo.
John Reed PavanThat said, this is cuckoo flat tailed leafcutter bee on a tickseed flower from late June. The cuckoo variety is a brood parasite and lays their eggs in the nests of flat tailed leafcutter bees.
#cuckoobee #broodparasite #bees #pollinators #nature #tickseedflower #wildlife #insects #critters #macro #canonphotography #luminarneo
