Male

Female

Length: 10-14mm;
Forewing Length: Male 9-10mm, Female 10-11mm
Proboscis Length: 4mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - May (Earliest: 1.4) (Winter)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows	Peat Bogs and Mires	Wet Forest	Hedge Rows
Food:	Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Barbarea vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Cardamine hirsuta Nectar, Pollen
	Taraxacum campylodes Nectar, Pollen	Veronica chamaedrys Nectar, Pollen	Salix aurita Nectar, Pollen	Salix cinerea Nectar, Pollen
	Crataegus Nectar, Pollen
Nest:	Bare Ground
Nest Parasite:	Nomada lathburiana
Mimics:	Cheilosia illustrata

Atlas Hymenoptera: Andrena cineraria Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Andrena cineraria
Nature Spot: Grey Mining Bee - Andrena cineraria
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Andrena cineraria
Wildbienen: Sand- bzw. Erdbienen: Andrena cineraria

Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014 J.K. Lindsey

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