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Female seeking a nest site. Lukovica pri Brezovici, Ljubljansko barje, April 2005.

 

Anthophora retusa (Linnaeus, 1758)

 

 

European species. In the sub-Mediterranean, pre-Alpine and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia.

Polylectic species. Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies from April to June.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Precej razširjena, vendar razmeroma redka vrsta.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia