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.

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Ferdy Christant

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Would never have guessed this to be a bee! Posted 4 years ago
1. Philip Booker
  
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  If I remember correctly, there are approx 60 Nomad bee species in the UK and most of them are wasp-like or wasp mimics.
  
  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
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    60? So happy that you're taking on that challenge ;) Posted 4 years ago
  2. 1. Philip Booker
      
      Lion
      
      Haha!
      
      I'm doing my best.
      
      On about 9 so far. £ of which I've posted, so far.
      
      Posted 4 years ago