Male

Female

Length: 9-15mm;
Forewing Length: Male 6-8mm, Female 8-10mm;
Proboscis Length: 8mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - June (Earliest: 22.3)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows
Food: (Adult)	Taraxacum campylodes Nectar, Pollen
Nest:	Dead Wood
Parasitoids:	Ephialtes manifestator Larva	Gasteruption jaculator Larva	Leucospis dorsigera Larva	Chrysis ignita Larva
Predators: (Larva)	Trichodes apiarius
Phoretic (Symbiotic) Hitch-hikers:	Chaetodactylus osmiae

Atlas Hymenoptera: Osmia rufa Belgium
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Osmia rufa
Insektenbox: Rote Mauerbiene

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