Albert Cardona on Nostr: Andrena niveata, a micro-mining bee. With two beautiful white bands on its face. ...
Andrena niveata, a micro-mining bee. With two beautiful white bands on its face.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165385974
Turns out I unwittingly reported, one year ago almost to the day, the only observation in the UK, and one of the 4 observations in the whole of Europe, the other 3 being in Belarus. Thanks to the anonymous iNaturalist identifier for the ID – I had only narrowed it down to subgenus Microandrena.
#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees #entomology #insects #Andrena #MicroAndrena
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/165385974
Turns out I unwittingly reported, one year ago almost to the day, the only observation in the UK, and one of the 4 observations in the whole of Europe, the other 3 being in Belarus. Thanks to the anonymous iNaturalist identifier for the ID – I had only narrowed it down to subgenus Microandrena.
#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #nativebees #bees #entomology #insects #Andrena #MicroAndrena