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Insect

Osmia cornifrons

  • classification

    Apidae

  • appearance period

    April to May

  • distribution

    Korea, Japan and Russian Far East

  • form

    Females are around 8.0~11.5-millimeter-long. The entire body is blackish brown with abundant black fur. Both processes on the clypeus are wide and the middle part is almost flat. It has one small process on the edge of the side. Males have similar appearance to O. pedicornis.

  • ecology

    They make walls with mud inside of the bamboo pipes to lay their eggs. They have recently been used as pollinators for fruit trees such as apple trees.

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