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Nomada fucata

A medium-sized Nomada bee that is a cleptoparasite of the Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes. The tegulae are yellow and there is a yellow ventral mark at the base of the thorax. The first abdominal tergite is reddish/brown, the rest, stripes of yellow and dark brown/black.
A medium-sized Nomada bee that is a cleptoparasite of the Yellow-legged Mining Bee Andrena flavipes. The tegulae are yellow and there is a yellow ventral mark at the base of the thorax. The first abdominal tergite is reddish/brown, the rest, stripes of yellow and dark brown/black.
Nomada fucata male

Nomada fucata male

Photo: Nomada fucata male.
Nomada fucata Female

Nomada fucata Female

Photo: Nomada fucata Female.
Nomada fucata Female

Nomada fucata Female

Photo: Nomada fucata Female.

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