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Female digging her nest burrow. Grmada, Polhograjsko hribovje, July 2008.	Dasypoda hirtipes (Fabricius, 1793) Palaearctic species. Distributed locally in a large part of Slovenia. Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae. Nests in burrows in sandy ground, excavated by itself. Univoltine. Flies from July to September.
Female looking out of her burrow. Grmada, Polhograjsko hribovje, July 2003.
Female on Leontodon. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, September 1989.
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Nekoč razširjena vrsta, ki pa je na Krasu in verjetno še kje izumrla. Zadnja leta je redno prisotna le v Polhograjskem hribovju.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia