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Bryony Mining Bee

Andrena florea

The Bryony Mining Bee is a small, fuzzy bee that loves to collect pollen from flowers. They are important for helping plants grow by spreading pollen around.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Bryony Mining Bee is a medium-sized bee, typically 10-12mm long. Females have a black body with dense, reddish-brown fur on their thorax and paler hairs on their abdomen. Their hind legs feature distinctive bright orange-red pollen-collecting hairs, making them easy to spot.

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Bryony Mining Bee
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Bryony Mining Bee

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Bryony plants rely almost entirely on these bees to make seeds!

Each female bee digs her own private nest tunnel.

They spend most of their life underground as a larva.

This bee only eats pollen from one plant family!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Underground Architect

Bryony Mining Bee has powerful digging legs that help them excavate intricate tunnels for their nests deep in the ground.

Fähigkeit

Pollinator Partner

Bryony Mining Bee can efficiently gather pollen from toxic Bryony plants that helps them pollinate these unique flowers.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
18-24 mm
Größe
10-12 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-40 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

This bee is a specialist, only eating pollen and nectar from bryony plants.

Hauptnahrung

  • Bryonia dioica pollen
  • Bryonia dioica nectar
  • Dioscorea communis pollen
  • Dioscorea communis nectar

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

White Bryony

Bryonia dioica

main pollinator for this specific host plant.

pollinates

Black Bryony

Dioscorea communis

important pollinator for this specific host plant.

parasitizes

Variable Nomad Bee

Nomada fucata

lays eggs in their nests, stealing food for its young.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Stay calm and still if you see a bee; they usually won't bother you.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Bryony Mining Bee?

18-24 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Bryony Mining Bee?

10-12 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Bryony Mining Bee?

20-40 Tage

Was frisst Bryony Mining Bee?

This bee is a specialist, only eating pollen and nectar from bryony plants.

Wo findet man Bryony Mining Bee normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Bryony Mining Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Bryony Mining Bee?

6

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