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Female on Symphytum tuberosum. Brje pri
Komnu, Kras, May 2008 (above and below). |
Andrena
symphyti Schmiedeknecht, 1883 North Mediterranean species, widely distributed in Slovenia. Oligolectic, specialized on Symphytum
(Boraginaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself. Univoltine. Flies from April to June. |
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As she has too short
a tongue to reach the nectar at the base of the flower from inside, female
cuts a slit in the corolla tube (seen above the bee) with her mandibles and
steals nectar from the outside. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Zelo
razširjena vrsta. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia