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Female on a piece of wood, her nesting
substrate. Brje pri Komnu, Kras. |
Osmia caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) Holarctic species, widely distributed in Slovenia. Polylectic species, visiting mainly Fabaceae and Lamiaceae.
Nests in various pre-existing cavities, e.g. in burrows in wood. The cell
partitions are made of masticated leaves. Bivoltine. The first generation flies from April to July, the
second in July and August. |
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Male on Globularia. Trnje, Pivka, May
2008. |
Osmia laticauda – another member
of the subgenus Pyrosmia |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Zelo razširjena in za zdaj neogrožena vrsta. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia