A cuckoo bee of the Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Anthophora plumipes. The female M. albifrons goes into an Anthophora burrow and lays its egg with the pollen food supply gathered by Anthophora. When the Melecta albifrons egg hatches the larva feeds up on the food supply intended for the Anthophora larva, pupates and emerges next year instead of the host."
