Chelostoma [Osmia] florisomne (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Apidae)


Female at Nest in Oak Fence Post

Length: 7-11mm;
Forewing Length: 6-8mm;
Proboscis Length: 3.8mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? April - July
(Earliest: 24.5)

Biotopes:
Meadows
Nest:
Fence Posts
Nest Parasites:
Monosapyga clavicornis

Sapygina decemguttata
Parasitoids:
(Larva)

Ephialtes manifestator Larva

Gasteruption assectator Larva

Gasteruption jaculator Larva

Leucospis dorsigera Larva

Trichrysis cyanea Larva
Phoretic (Symbiotic) Hitch-hikers:
Chaetodactylus osmiae

Atlas Hymenoptera: Chelostoma florisomne Belgium
BWARS: Chelostoma florisomne
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Chelostoma florisomne
Wildbienen: Scherenbienen: Chelostoma florisomne


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