Female at Nest in Oak Fence Post

Length: 7-11mm;
Forewing Length: 6-8mm;
Proboscis Length: 3.8mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - July (Earliest: 24.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows
Nest:	Fence Posts
Nest Parasites:	Monosapyga clavicornis	Sapygina decemguttata
Parasitoids: (Larva)	Ephialtes manifestator Larva	Gasteruption assectator Larva	Gasteruption jaculator Larva	Leucospis dorsigera Larva
	Trichrysis cyanea Larva
Phoretic (Symbiotic) Hitch-hikers:	Chaetodactylus osmiae

Atlas Hymenoptera: Chelostoma florisomne Belgium
BWARS: Chelostoma florisomne
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Chelostoma florisomne
Wildbienen: Scherenbienen: Chelostoma florisomne

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