Image to followAI-generated illustrationAndrena minutula
Andrena minutula
Family: AndrenidaeGenus: Andrenanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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72
Plants
visited
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81
Interactions
documented
About this species
A small, bivoltine mining bee that flies from April to August and collects pollen from many plant families.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults are active from April to August, with two generations per year.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
bivoltin
Scientific profile
Andrena minutula is a small polylectic mining bee recorded in Great Britain. It has a flight period from April to August and is bivoltine, producing two generations each year. The female has an intertegular distance of 1.42 mm and a tongue length of 1.49 mm, reflecting its diminutive body size and enabling it to forage on a wide range of open flowers from various plant families.
Visited plants
72 plants are visited by this species
Anthriscus sylvestrisMalus domesticaGalium verumSalix alba subsp. coeruleaVeronica persicaPrunus spinosaTussilago farfaraAngelica sylvestris subsp. bernardiaeCrataegus monogynaSalix capreaSalix cinereaSalix viminalisJasione montanaAlliaria petiolataSalix auritaRubus caesiusSonchus arvensisFoeniculum vulgare var. azoricumNepeta catariaFicaria vernaSenecio squalidusPrunus domestica subsp. domesticaSisymbrium officinaleSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisPyrus communisRubus fruticosusBrassica rapaRubus spectabilisPotentilla reptansVeronica officinalisJacobaea vulgarisMatricaria chamomillaSalix pentandraVeronica anagallis-aquaticaDaucus carotaPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaJacobaea aquaticaVeronica spicataHeracleum mantegazzianumSalix repensTorilis japonicaHeracleum sphondyliumJacobaea erucifoliaRubus idaeusSalix fragilisPilosella officinarumRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusLeucanthemum vulgareFragaria viridisCentaurea scabiosa
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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