previous             Wild Bee photo gallery           next

 

Female on Medicago. Dolenje Jezero, Cerkniško jezero, July 2010.

 

Melitta leporina (Panzer, 1799)

 

 

Eurosiberian species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Medicago  (Fabaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies in July and August.

 

Male on Medicago. Dolenje Jezero, Cerkniško jezero, July 2010.

 

Female from Padna, Istra, collected in July 1995.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena, vendar redka.

 

 

back to checklist

Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia