Male	Female
Couple

Length: Male 7-9.5mm, Female: 8-10mm;
Forewing Length: Male 5.5-6.5mm, 6.5-7mm;
Proboscis Length: 2.5-3mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	June - August (Earliest: 12.6)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows
Food:	Several Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar
Nest:	Bare Ground
Parasitoids:	Gasteruption jaculator Larva
Mimics:	Eristalis arbustorum

Atlas Hymenoptera: Colletes daviesanus Belgium, World
BWARS: Colletes daviesanus
Nature Spot: Davies' Colletes - Colletes daviesanus
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Colletes daviesanus
Wildbienen: Seidenbienen: Colletes daviesanus
Insektenbox: Gemeine Seidenbiene

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