European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) adult perched with a bumblebee in its beak, June, , South France

bombus sp merops apiaster spring france adult predator prey alone posing catch hunt overview insectivore diet colorful three quarter shot feed to on a branch bumblebee bombus sp european bee eater merops apiaster merops bombus least concern multicoloured june nobody adults predators predatory preys single lonely only solo one lone posed pose settlings settling caught catching arrest arrested arresting hunted hunts hunting overviews global sight global sights full length entomophagous insect insectivores diet entomophagous insects colourful rudy colorfully colored three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length nourishing food foods european bee eaters merops apiaster least concern species multi coloured with nobody temperate season seasons atmosphere european union europe stage of development individual predation relation between species species enumeration behavior shot diet pattern colour feeding behaviour bumblebee hymenoptere insect wild animal bee eater coraciiforme bird meropidae coraciiformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota apidae apoidea aculeata hymenoptera hexapoda insecta tracheata antennata arthropoda articulata protostomia low risk iucn) lr iucn red list of threatened species