Name: Bee sees deceased Butterfly... but why did it die? @StuffISawOutside
Uploaded: 2026-07-10T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: An Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) happens upon a Gray Hairstreak butterfly (Strymon melinus) on a Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) flower head at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, in Houston, TX, USA. The Hairstreak butterfly doesnt look in good health, and from the underside, its possible to see why. Theres a Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata sp.) feeding on the butterfly.

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Bee sees deceased Butterfly... but why did it die?