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Male on dry wood, the nesting substrate.
Lukovec, Golec, Kras, May 2006. |
Osmia cephalotes longiceps Morawitz, 1876 East Mediterranean subspecies of a Mediterranean species. In the
sub-Mediterranean region of Slovenia. Probably polylectic species, visiting Fabaceae and Lamiaceae
(pers. obs.). Nests in burrows in wood. Cell partitions are made of
masticated leaves. Univoltine. Flies in May and June. |
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Female on Genista sylvestris. Brje pri Komnu,
Sv. Lenart, Kras, May 2007. |
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Stamens of the flower touch the bee's abdomen,
where pollen is transported. |
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Female flying from the flower. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Na Krasu in v Istri je razmeroma pogosta. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia