Palaearctic Osmiine Bees

Stefan Werner reared a female of Osmia (Helicosmia) melanogaster from a snail shell collected on the island of Mallorca in 2001. This observation supports earlier findings that this species occasionally uses empty snail shells as nesting sites.

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