Yellow-legged Mining Bee
Andrena flavipes (Panzer, 1799)  |
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| A fairly distinctive solitary bee, with both males and females showing distinctive buff-coloured hair bands on the abdomen. There are two generations a year and Andrena flavipes has undergone a northerly expansion of its UK range in recent years. In Spring 2019, we found good numbers nesting on a south-facing bank side of former colliery spoil, on a brownfield site at New Ollerton. There are now a number of other Nottinghamshire records, as this bee has increased its range over recent years. | ||
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| Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of
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