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Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata

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Fork Tailed Flower Bee Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata dylan Laundry Lane 5 Aug 2020, 6:19 p.m. 1 Jun 2020, 2:02 p.m.
Fork Tailed Flower Bee Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata dylan Laundry Lane 5 Aug 2020, 6:19 p.m. 1 Jun 2020, 2:01 p.m.
Fork Tailed Flower Bee Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata dylan Laundry Lane 5 Aug 2020, 6:19 p.m. 1 Jun 2020, 2:02 p.m.
Fork Tailed Flower Bee Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata dylan Laundry Lane 5 Aug 2020, 6:19 p.m. 1 Jun 2020, 2:02 p.m.
Fork Tailed Flower Bee Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata dylan Laundry Lane 5 Aug 2020, 6:19 p.m. 1 Jun 2020, 2:02 p.m.
Fork Tailed Flower Bee Fork Tailed Flower Bee - Anthophora furcata dylan Laundry Lane 5 Aug 2020, 6:19 p.m. 1 Jun 2020, 2:03 p.m.

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Species Description

Widely distributed in the Southern half of the UK but less so in the North. Habitat includes: gardens, parks, allotments, church yards, woodland, fens, heaths, grassland, moors, hedgerows, road side verges. Other names include: Fork-tailed Flower Bee. Unlike other Anthophora species, which excavate nests in soil. This species excavates its nest burrows in rotten wood. Length= 10-14mm.