Wilke's Mining Bee

Wilke's Mining Bee - Andrena wilkella

Description

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. 

Similar Species

Therre are several very similar brown mining bees - e.g Andrena ovatula and Andrena similis

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

Close examination and photographing of a specimen is needed

When to see it

Spring and summer

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