Biology
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Pollen collecting bees that nest in the
ground often in large densities. Recorded visiting flowers of:
Crotalaria podocarpa, Gisekia africana, Heliotropium ciliatum,
Indigofera alternans, Indigofera charlieriana, Indigofera filipes,
Indigofera sp., Lessertia macrostachya, Limeum arqute-carinatum, Limeum
fenestratum, Limeum myosotis, Neuradopsis austroafricana, Tribulus
sp., cucurbit (Eardley & Urban, 2010). |
References
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