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Worker female on Leontodon. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, August 1990.	Halictus scabiosae (Rossi, 1790) Mediterranean species. In the sub-Mediterranean and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia. Polylectic species. Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself. Social species. Overwintered females appear in April, males fly from July.
Males during a collective night rest. Butari, Istra, September 1998.	More on Halictus scabiosae A. Gogala, 1991: Initiation of new nests in H. s. (*pdf)
Female on Pulsatilla grandis. Ponikva, Šentjur pri Celju, March 2006.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia