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Female on Centaurea. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, September 1995.

 

Osmia spinulosa (Kirby, 1802)

 

 

European species. Widely distributed in Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae.

Nests in empty snail shells. The cell partitions are made of masticated leaves.

Univoltine. Flies from June to August.

 

 

 

Osmia spinigera – East Mediterranean relative

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena in neogrožena vrsta.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia