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Osmia leaiana (Kirby) (a mason bee)

Suggested Literature

Osmia leaiana may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Osmia leaiana is associated with:

Photos female Asteraceae - daisies, dandelions and thistles - formerly Compositae female provisions nest with pollen UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

There may be more taxa associated with Osmia leaiana listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Osmia leaiana:

nest nest is parasitised by larva Stelis phaeoptera - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Osmia leaiana may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA MEGACHILIDAE Osmia
(mason bees)

References

Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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