▁the ▁Ord ov ician ▁E ch ino ch it on . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : Pre histor ic ▁ch it on ▁gener a <0x0A> </s> ▁Hal ict us ▁sc ab ios ae , ▁the ▁great ▁band ed ▁fur row - be e , ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁be e ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁Hal ict idae , ▁the ▁swe at ▁be es . ▁ ▁Distribution ▁This ▁species ▁is ▁present ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁Europe ▁and ▁in ▁North ▁Africa . ▁ ▁Description ▁The ▁ab d omen ▁is ▁long , ▁with ▁yellow ish ▁stri pes ▁and ▁a ▁double ▁band ▁on ▁ter g ites ▁ ▁two ▁and ▁three . ▁The ▁legs ▁are ▁yellow ▁and ▁anten na e ▁are ▁entirely ▁black ▁and ▁cur ved ▁at ▁the ▁a pe x . ▁M ales ▁are ▁very ▁el ong ated ▁and ▁have ▁ ▁a ▁wh it ish ▁posterior ▁band ▁on ▁segments ▁two - six ▁of ▁the ▁ab d omen , ▁while ▁the ▁females ▁show ▁bas al ▁hair ▁yellow ish - be ige ▁bands ▁on ▁ter g ites ▁two - four . ▁ ▁This ▁species ▁looks ▁very ▁similar ▁to ▁a ▁closely ▁related ▁species , ▁Hal ict us ▁sex c inct us , ▁and ▁thus ▁the ▁two ▁can ▁be ▁easily ▁confused . ▁These ▁two ▁species ▁can ▁be ▁distinguished ▁from ▁one ▁another ▁in ▁that ▁males ▁of ▁H . ▁sex c inct us ▁have ▁longer , ▁re dd ish ▁anten na e , ▁and ▁females ▁lack ▁said ▁bas al ▁hair ▁bands . ▁ ▁Bi ology ▁These ▁min ing ▁be es ▁nest ▁on ▁the ▁ground ▁in