Andrena fuscipes, Heather Mining Bee Hymenoptera: Andrenidae - mining bees

Andrena fuscipes
Heather Mining Bee



Can be locally common on heather-dominated heathlands throughout Great Britain. Also recorded from Ireland.

Univoltine: July to September

Oligolectic on Ericaceae, usually Ling, (Calluna vulgaris)

Cleptoparasites: Nomada rufipes and (in southern areas) the fly Myopa fasciata


Andrena fuscipes, Heather Mining Bee

Andrena fuscipes, Heather Mining Bee

Andrena fuscipes, Heather Mining Bee
Andrena fuscipes, Heather Mining Bee
Upton Heath, Dorset. August 2019

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