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Female. Trnje, Pivka, May 2008.

 

Osmia aurulenta (Panzer, 1799)

 

 

North Mediterranean species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Polylectic species, visiting mainly Fabaceae. Nests in empty snail shells. The cell partitions are made of masticated leaves.

Univoltine. Flies from April to July.

 

Female on Onobrychis. Kavčič, Rakitovec, Kraški rob, June 2009.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena in za zdaj neogrožena vrsta.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia