Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bombylius medius

Posted by rogerka on 01-02-2008 20:06
#1

I?m writing an artikel (swedish) about my findings of Bombylius medius i southern Swedenin the provinse of Smaland, 2006-2007. Anyone knowing anything about th ecology and the conection with the solitairy living bee, Eucer longicornis (Apoidae), or bees in the genus Andrena?

Posted by David Gibbs on 02-02-2008 11:41
#2

no but in GB its close congener, B. discolor, is associated with the larger Andrena which forn dense colonies, notably A. flavipes and A. cineraria.