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Female on Inula. Raša, dolina Raše, Kras, August 2008 (above and below).

 

Colletes similis Schenck, 1853

 

 

Palaearctic species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae. Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies from June to September.

 

 

Male on Leucanthemum. Gorenja Brezovica, Krim, May 2007.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena in razmeroma pogosta vrsta, ki pa je v zadnjih letih na sušnih kraških travnikih izginila.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia