European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) adult bringing a bumblebee to the nest , May, South France

merops apiaster bombus terrestris spring france adult predator prey alone posing nest to nest burrow back shot overview insectivore diet colorful feed to european bee eater merops apiaster merops buff tailed bumblebee bombus terrestris bombus hole least concern multicoloured may nobody adults predators predatory preys single lonely only solo one lone posed pose settlings settling nesting nested nests burrows view from behind back view back views back sight back shots back sights overviews global sight global sights full length entomophagous insect insectivores diet entomophagous insects colourful rudy colorfully colored nourishing food foods european bee eaters merops apiaster bumblebees bombus terrestris large earth bumblebee bombus terrestris holes cavity cavities least concern species multi coloured with nobody temperate season seasons atmosphere european union europe stage of development individual predation relation between species species enumeration reproductive behaviour behavior animal construction shot diet pattern colour feeding behaviour bee eater coraciiforme bird wild animal meropidae coraciiformes aves tetrapoda vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota bumblebee bombus sp bumblebee hymenoptere insect apidae apoidea aculeata hymenoptera hexapoda insecta tracheata antennata arthropoda articulata protostomia general morphology morphology organism low risk iucn) lr iucn red list of threatened species