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Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Ashy mining bee



Came across this ashy mining bee Andrena cineraria on Sunday. It was hovering over bare patches of soil on a west facing slope and stood out as being quite distinct. Apparently its a female looking for a site to dig a burrow and lay eggs. They are nationally common but I've never seen one before.



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3 comments:

  1. Julian Birkhead29 April 2020 at 21:41

    Do you remember there was a question in Sarah's HSS quiz about them?

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  2. Chris Tindal1 May 2020 at 12:18

    Kind of rings a bell, what was the question?

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  3. Julian Birkhead2 May 2020 at 06:37

    A picture to identify, I think.

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