Nomada goodeniana

Scientific profile

Nomada goodeniana is a cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. Females have an inter-tegular distance of 2.03 mm and a tongue length of 4.19 mm. The species is bivoltine, producing two generations each year. The flight period runs from May to September. As a cleptoparasite, it does not collect provisions for its own young; the female enters the nests of other solitary bees to lay her eggs, and the developing larvae feed on the host's stored pollen and nectar. The species is noted in the United Kingdom Species Inventory as present, though its precise occurrence status remains undetermined.