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Male on Sempervivum tectorum. Brje pri
Komnu, Kras, July 2007. |
Anthidium
oblongatum (Illiger, 1806) North Mediterranean species. In the sub-Mediterranean, Dinaric,
pre-Alpine and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia. Polylectic species, visiting mainly Fabaceae. Nests in various
pre-existing cavities. The cell partitions are made of cottony plant down. Univoltine. Flies from June to August. |
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A couple on Sempervivum tectorum. Brje
pri Komnu, Kras, July 2007. |
Anthidium undulatum –
Mediterranean relative |
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Male on Lotus tenuis. Seča, Istra,
August 2009. |
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Female scraping
plant wool from a leaf of Centaurea. Kovk, August 2016. |
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The wool is pushed
into an elongated heap. |
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Then it is
compressed between the head and abdomen to form a ball. |
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Female only a moment
before she flew to the nest with a ball of plant wool. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Je zelo razširjena in za sedaj ni ogrožena. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia