New garden species

Bee hotel

Nitela borealis♂︎

Last update: 11 February 2020


Rare

Location Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden
Observations
2019-V-24


A small diggerwasp male, Nitela borealis [1,2], looking for females on the beehotel.

The species is new to me. The small size makes these easy to mix up with other similar looking species, but I count it as a new garden species.

Nitela borealis ♂︎
Nitela borealis ♂︎

Literature

1 Nederlands Soortenregister

2 Dollfuss, H., 1991. Bestimmungsschlüssel der Grabwespen Nord-und Zentraleuropas. Stapfia, 24, 1-247.

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