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Female in a Campanula
trachelium flower. Podpeč, Jezero, July 2008. |
Melitta haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775) Eurosiberian species, widely distributed in Slovenia. Oligolectic, specialized on Campanula
(Campanulaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself. Univoltine. Flies from July to September. |
Male resting in a Campanula
trachelium flower. Podpeč, Jezero, July 2008. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Zelo razširjena in pogosta vrsta je po nekaj sušnih letih izginila v delu svojega areala. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia