Image to followAI-generated illustrationAndrena varians
Andrena varians
Family: AndrenidaeGenus: Andrenanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
About this species
Andrena varians is a small solitary mining bee with a univoltine life cycle and broad, polylectic pollen-collecting habits.
Yearly cycle
Univoltine; one generation per year.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Andrena varians belongs to the mining bee family Andrenidae. It is a polylectic species, meaning females gather pollen from a wide range of flowering plants rather than specialising on a single family. The bee is univoltine, completing one generation per year. Females are relatively small, with an intertegular distance of 2.48 mm and a tongue length of 2.54 mm.
Sources & data origin
•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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