Jul 22, 2022
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Aliens emerging from the belly of a bee. You, dear friend, are looking at the abdomen of a female Andrena nivalis. In that abdomen is a female stylopid which looks a bit like an odd head sticking out from underneath a tergite...she has been living in said A. nivalis for a long time...feeding on its innards...and, the stylopid has just given birth (likely killing her in the process) to all her little babies (planidia to be technical and look smart). Nature: So cruel. Picture by Wayne Boo. #planidium #stylopid #alien #andrena #bees #bee