Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Unknown bee from Holland.

Posted by Paul Cools on 27-07-2016 19:16
#1
Found last month in Udenhout, the Netherlands.

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Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-07-2016 21:47
#2
Hi,

I would say, Colletes sp..

Posted by Sundew on 28-07-2016 00:24
#3
Right, may be C. daviesanus who loves the flower heads of several Asteraceae members. A highly recommendable website on the bees of the Netherlands is http://www.zoekka.../index.htm.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-07-2016 00:42
#4
Sundew wrote:
Right, may be C. daviesanus who loves the flower heads of several Asteraceae members.


They are very busy on Tanacetum vulgare here these days. B)