30 Jan 2022

Andrena scotica

Submitted by walwyn
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Andrena
Species: A. scotica
Common name: Chocolate Mining Bee.

 

This is one of the most common of the mining bees. Visits blackthorn, hawthorn, dandilion, and rape. Later in the season visits brambles.

 

 

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