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Coneflower Mining Bee

Andrena rudbeckiae

The Coneflower Mining Bee is a small, fuzzy bee that loves to visit flowers, especially coneflowers! They help flowers grow by spreading pollen while they collect food for their babies.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Coneflower Mining Bee is a medium-sized bee with a black body covered in dense, yellowish-brown hair, especially on its thorax and legs. It has transparent wings and noticeable pollen-collecting hairs on its hind legs, giving it a fuzzy, golden-brown appearance, distinct from the shinier, less hairy appearance of honeybees.

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Coneflower Mining Bee
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Coneflower Mining Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Each baby bee gets its own special ball of pollen and nectar to eat!

Female Coneflower Mining Bees lay eggs in their very own underground 'apartments'!

These tiny bees often emerge from the ground on the very same day coneflowers bloom!

They are expert tunnelers, digging new homes every year for their families!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Pollen Porter

Coneflower Mining Bee has special branched hairs that help them gather and carry huge amounts of pollen back to nourish their growing young.

Fähigkeit

Underground Architect

Coneflower Mining Bee can dig intricate tunnels in the soil using its strong jaws and legs, creating secure nurseries for its larvae.

Fähigkeit

Flower Finder

Coneflower Mining Bee can find its favorite coneflowers by detecting specific chemical scents because of its super-sensitive antennae.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
10-15 mm
Größe
7-10 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
12 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They eat only pollen and nectar from flowers, especially coneflowers!

Hauptnahrung

  • Pollen
  • Nectar
  • Rudbeckia hirta
  • Echinacea purpurea

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Primary food source and host flower.

pollinates

Purple Coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Crucial for this flower's reproduction.

parasitizes

American Oil Beetle

Meloe americanus

Larvae wait on flowers to hitch a ride to nests.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These bees are friendly and won't sting unless they feel scared. Just watch them from a distance!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

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

10-15 mm

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

7-10 mm

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

30-60 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Coneflower Mining Bee?

12 km/h

Was frisst Coneflower Mining Bee?

They eat only pollen and nectar from flowers, especially coneflowers!

Wo findet man Coneflower Mining Bee normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Coneflower Mining Bee?

Foraging

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

6

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