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Chocolate Mining Bee

Andrena scotica

Classification

Class
Insecta

Andrena scotica, the chocolate mining bee or hawthorn bee, is a species of mining bee from the family Andrenidae. It occurs in western Europe and is one of the most frequently encountered mining bees found in Great Britain, where it had been previously misidentified as Andrena carantonica. Description Andrena scotica females are similar in size to a honey bee (Apis mellifera), larger than most of its congeners.

Distribution

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United Kingdom · 1,604Germany · 516Netherlands · 248Belgium · 15Luxembourg · 7