Four-spot fur bee
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Four-spot fur bee ( Anthophora quadrimaculata ) |
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Anthophora quadrimaculata is a bee from the family of Apidae .
features
The bees are 10 to 12 millimeters long. The females are predominantly hairy yellow-brown, on the face, on the thorax and the tergites the hair is mixed with black hair. The head and the ventral side of the thorax are hairy white. The tergites two to four have loose hair ties on the rear edge, on the disc they are short, light and long, with dark hair. The splint brush (Scopa) is white. The cheeks are short. The third antenna segment is as long as the following three segments together. The males are similar to the female, but have a face drawn in light yellow. The seventh tergite has two teeth at the end.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is widespread in Europe, north to south of Sweden. It flies from late April to early September. The females build their nests in the ground or in the loose mortar of walls. Pollen is collected from different plant families, but the Lamiaceae are preferred. Cuckoo bees of the species are Thyreus orbatus and Coelioxys rufescens .
supporting documents
- Felix Amiet, M. Herrmann, A. Müller, R. Neumeyer: Fauna Helvetica 20: Apidae 5 . Center Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune, 2007, ISBN 978-2-88414-032-4 .
- Paul Westrich: Germany's wild bees. E. Ulmer Verl. 2018, pp. 656–657
Web links
- Anthophora quadrimaculata in Fauna Europaea. Retrieved June 28, 2011