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Bee larvae drum with their butts, which may confuse predatory wasps

The grub-like larvae use calluses to tap their cocoons in a curious chorus inside a plant stem

female mason bee on hole in plant stem

A female mason bee (Hoplitis tridentata) enters her nest through the broken top of a dead mullein plant stem. These nests can sometimes contain over 30 larvae arranged in brood cells.

Albert Krebs

By Jake Buehler

- More than 2 years ago

A light crackling sound floats above a field in northern Switzerland in late summer.