Nomada sexfasciata

• Scientific name: Nomada sexfasciata
• Common name: six-banded nomad bee
• Dimension: 11-13 mm
• Habitat: warm, dry places, arid meadows, hedgerows, forest edges, extensively managed meadows, uncultivated areas
• Behavior: cuckoo bees
• Nest: nests of other parasitic bees
• Parasitized species: Eucera longicornis e Eucera nigrescens
• Red list of bees in Switzerland: not endangered

Interesting Facts:

These bees look very much like wasps. Some of them take refuge in the flower heads of bluebells or other plants that close their flowers at night, and sleep there.