New garden species

Bee hotel

Crossocerus megacephalus♀︎

Last update: 29 October 2023
garden
species


Uncommon

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2023-V-28


This Crossocerus female that I could just catch as she left a bore hole on the bee hotel turns out to be a new garden species, Crossocerus megacephalus. The orange hump between her antennae is a mite.

Crossocerus megacephalus ♀︎

Literature

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