Image to followAI-generated illustrationAndrena congruens
Andrena congruens
Family: AndrenidaeGenus: Andrenanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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2
Plants
visited
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2
Interactions
documented
About this species
Andrena congruens is a small mining bee of the family Andrenidae, with a bivoltine life cycle and polylectic pollen-gathering habits. Females have an intertegular distance of 2.33 mm and a tongue length of 2.39 mm.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Bivoltine, completing two generations annually.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
bivoltin
Scientific profile
Andrena congruens is a bivoltine mining bee that produces two generations each year. It is a polylectic species, collecting pollen from flowers of many different plant families. The female's intertegular distance measures 2.33 mm and its tongue length 2.39 mm, indicating a small body size suited for visiting a variety of flowers. The species is recorded in Great Britain according to the United Kingdom Species Inventory.
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•EBHD — European Biodiversity Hub Database v2025, Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17107215 (CC BY 4.0)
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