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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.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

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

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Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

Underground Architect

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

Habilidad

Flower Finder

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
10-15 mm
Tamaño
7-10 mm
Esperanza de vida
30-60 días
Velocidad de vuelo
12 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • Pollen
  • Nectar
  • Rudbeckia hirta
  • Echinacea purpurea

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

Peligro

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

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Coneflower Mining Bee?

10-15 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Coneflower Mining Bee?

7-10 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Coneflower Mining Bee?

30-60 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Coneflower Mining Bee?

12 km/h

¿Qué come Coneflower Mining Bee?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Coneflower Mining Bee?

Grasslands

¿Cómo caza Coneflower Mining Bee?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Coneflower Mining Bee?

6

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