Gooden’s Nomad bee (Nomada goodeniana)
The Gooden's Nomad bee is a wasp-like, cleptoparasite which will target unsealed pollen-stocked nest cells created by its Mining bee hosts and lay their own eggs inside.
The unfortunate hosts of the Gooden's include include Andrena nigroaenea, A. pubescens & A. thoracica.
Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
By Philip Booker
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Uploaded May 26, 2021. Captured Apr 22, 2021 16:56 in 65 Crespin Way, Brighton BN1 7FL, UK.
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Although they parasite on bees, the good news is, the more of each Nomad bee species one sees, the better the indicator for the healthy status on the host species, because they are mutually self-regulating.
I'll post some m ore in due course, although some cannot be identified from photos. Posted 4 years ago
I'm doing my best.
On about 9 so far. £ of which I've posted, so far.
Posted 4 years ago