| Sometimes
known more commonly as Cuckoo Bees, these are social
parasites - a term derived through their habit of taking
food meant for the larvae of their host species. There
are several groups, including the genus Nomada
of which Gooden's Nomad Bee belongs to. Most members are
considerably wasp-like, having black/yellow or
brown/yellow banding on a hairless abdomen. They are
harmless to humans and do not sting. Identification of
individual species can be very difficult. Our thanks go to Pauline
Bradford for supplying us with the photograph shown below right. |
