Osmia caerulescens (Blue mason bee)♀︎

Lotus corniculatus (Bird's-foot trefoil)

Last update: 30 November 2019
garden
species


Uncommon

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2019-VI-23


A female Blue mason bee (Osmia caerulescens) foraging on Bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a pollen source for this bee [1].

Blauwe metselbij ♀︎ (Osmia caerulescens) op Gewone rolklaver (Lotus corniculatus)

References

1 Raw, Anthony. (1974). Pollen Preferences of Three Osmia Species (Hymenoptera). Oikos. 25. 54-60. 10.2307/3543545.

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