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Female on Salvia glutinosa. Lukovica
pri Brezovici, August 2009 (above and below). |
Amegilla garrula (Rossi, 1790) North Mediterranean species. In the sub-Mediterranean,
pre-Alpine and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia. Polylectic species, visiting mainly Lamiaceae (pers. obs., Iuga
1958). Salvia glutinosa is its foodplant in Lukovica pri Brezovici
(pre-Alpine region). Univoltine. Flies from July to September. |
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The anthers touch the bee's abdomen. |
Amegilla zonata – attractive
oriental species |
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Flying off the flower. |
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Female on Buddleja. Podutik, August
2009. Photo by Ivan Esenko (above and below). |
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Female from Lukovica pri Brezovici, collected in August 1994. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. V gričevju
ob severnem robu Ljubljanskega barja, v Istri in Podčetrtku. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia