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Andrena decipiens

Female on Eryngium amethystinum, dirty from burrowing into the ground. Golec, Lukovec, Kras, August 2006.

 

Andrena decipiens Schenck, 1861

 

 

Mediterranean species. In the sub-Mediterranean and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia.

Polylectic species (pers. obs.), visiting Allium, Apiaceae and Fabaceae. Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine, active from June to September.

A. flavilabris was regarded as the spring generation of a bivoltine A. decipiens, but is a distinct species according to Mandery, Kosuch & Schuberth 2008.

Andrena decipiens 2

Female on Eryngium amethystinum. Veli Badin, Sočerga, Istra, August 2006.

Andrena decipiens m2

Male on Trifolium fragiferum. Strunjan, Istra, June 2011 (above and below).

 

Andrena decipiens m3

 

Andrena decipiens m

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia