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A couple on Vicia cracca. Lukovica pri
Brezovici, Ljubljansko barje, August 1997. |
Anthidium septemspinosum Lepeletier, 1841 Palaearctic species. In central and east Slovenia. Polylectic species, visiting mainly Lamiaceae and Fabaceae. The
cell partitions are made of cottony plant down. I have personally observed it
exclusively on Vicia (Fabaceae). Univoltine. Flies from June to August. |
Female on Vicia cracca. Lukovica pri
Brezovici, August 1997. |
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Male on Vicia cracca. Lukovica pri
Brezovici, August 1997. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Vrsta je redka in ogrožena. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia