Andrena haemorrhoa, Orange-tailed Mining Bee Hymenoptera: Andrenidae - Mining bees

Andrena haemorrhoa
Orange-tailed Mining Bee / Early Mining Bee



Widespread throughout Britain and Ireland with no particular habitat requirements. Nests singly in short grassland and along track sides

Spring-flying, March to June

Widely polylectic but often seen on Hawthorn flowers

Cleptoparasite: Nomada ruficornis


Andrena haemorrhoa, Orange-tailed Mining Bee

Andrena haemorrhoa, Orange-tailed Mining Bee
Andrena haemorrhoa, Orange-tailed Mining Bee
Kingston Lacy allotments, Dorset. April 2019

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