Wilke's Mining Bee - Andrena wilkella
A medium-sized brown mining bee. Females have orange hairs at the tip of the abdomen. Both sexes have a broken white hair fringe on third tergite.
Therre are several very similar brown mining bees - e.g Andrena ovatula and Andrena similis
Close examination and photographing of a specimen is needed
Spring and summer
Rob Field
Wymondham
17 June 2023
Rob Field
Wymondham
17 June 2023
Rob Field
Wymondham
17 June 2023
Rob Field
Wymondham
17 June 2023
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Species profile
- Common names
- Wilke's Mining Bee
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Andrenidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 17/06/2023 (Field, Rob)
- Last record:
- 17/06/2023 (Field, Rob)
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