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Female on Hedera helix. Škofi, Kras, October 1996.

 

Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich, 1993

 

 

North Mediterranean species. In the sub-Mediterranean region of Slovenia and at the Cerknica lake.

Oligolectic, specialized on Hedera helix (Araliaceae). The males visit mainly Apiaceae.

Univoltine. Flies from August to October.

 

Female in front of the nest entrance. Vale, Kras, October 1996.

 

Male on Eryngium amethystinum. Golec, Lukovec, Kras, August 2006.

 

In absence of their preferred food-plant, oligolectic bees can find an alternative source of pollen and nectar. A female (above) and male (below) on Melilotus alba. Fontanigge, Sečovlje salt-pans, Istra, August 2008.

 

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Na Krasu in v Istri pogosta vrsta.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia