Yellow-legged Mining Bee | Hainault Forest

Yellow-legged Mining Bee

Andrena flavipes

TQ4792 05/04/2022 ©Raymond Small

This species builds its nests in the ground. There are two generations in the year, the first flies from May to May and the second from June until August. Males look different to females, being slimmer, less hairy and lacking the thick covering of orange-yellow hairs on the hind leg.

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