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Colletes similis Schenck (a solitary bee)

Suggested Literature

Colletes similis 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

Colletes similis 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 Colletes similis listed at higher taxonomic level

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

Associated with Colletes similis:

is kleptoparasitised larva Epeolus variegatus - a nomad or mason bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae) UK/Ireland Macdonald, M.A., in prep.

Colletes similis 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

References

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

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