Beeguide |
Dutch name: |
Wespbijen |
Nomada lathburiana © photo: dr. Heiko Bellman |
description:
With over 850 species worldwide, the genus Nomada (Dutch: waspbee) is one of the largest genera in the entire family Apidae, and the largest genus of
cleptoparasitic "cuckoo bees"; they occur worldwide, and utilize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus Andrena.
As parasites, they lack a pollen-carrying scopa, and are often extraordinarily wasp-like in appearance with red, black, yellow colors
prevailing, and with smoky (infuscated) wings or wing tips. Nomada is with 43 species the largest genus of cuckoo bees in The Netherlands. * not in this survey yet. |