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Females have a distinct pile of reddish hairs on top of the thorax when fresh, and red-bordered yellow spots on the scutellum. The scutum is entirely black, lacking the red stripes found on species such as Nomada flava and panzeri. Tergite 1 has a broad red band, and tergites 2 and 3 have continuous yellow bands. Males have small scutellar spots, yellow face markings and darker antennae, and are separable from other similar nomads by the sharp projections on the hind face of antennal segments 4-13. Nomada lathburiana is a widespread, but rather local species, that can be seen from April to July. It is most likely to be found in the vicinity of nesting aggregations of its primary host Andrena cineraria.