Male

Female

Emerging from Nest

Length: 6.5-9mm;
Forewing Length: Male 5-6mm, Female 6-7mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - October (Earliest: 4.5) (Winter)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Heath and Moorland
Food:	Several Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Valeriana officinalis Nectar, Pollen
Nest:	Bare Ground
Nest Parasite:	Sphecodes gibbus	Sphecodes rufiventris
Predators:	Cerceris rybyensis

Atlas Hymenoptera: Halictus maculatus Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Halictus maculatus
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Halictus maculatus

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