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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Mining Bees (Andreninae) » Andrena » Subgenus Leucandrena (Andrena Subgenus Leucandrena) » Trout-lily Mining Bee (Andrena erythronii)
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Small Bee - Andrena erythronii - female
Copyright © 2007 Mike Mars

Small Bee - Andrena erythronii - Female
Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
April 19, 2007
I saw this bee on the ground trying to warm up enough to fly away. It seemed to be checking small holes in the ground as well.
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Contributed by Mike Mars on 19 April, 2007 - 3:45pm
Last updated 7 December, 2009 - 4:02pm

Moved
Moved from Andrena.
… John S. Ascher, 7 December, 2009 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

yes, a female Andrena
was there Erythronium (trout lily) blooming in the area?

This looks like it could be the trout lily bee Andrena erythronii, although its hard to be certain based on this single photo.

Please post additional images if you have them.
… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2007 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
No
There were no trout-lily in the area, but I will look for this bee again.
… Mike Mars, 7 May, 2007 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

 
no, you didn't see any?
or no, you know they are definitely not present?
… John S. Ascher, 7 December, 2009 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

 
valid record for checklist?
Hi John,

Should this record be included in the checklist as a Fairfield county voucher? Thanks!

Tracy
… Tracy, 21 June, 2020 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

 
I didn't see any in the area,
I didn't see any in the area, which is my backyard. They could very well be present.
… Mike Mars, 7 December, 2009 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

Female Andrena?
Looks to me like a female Andrena, in which case it might have been searching for the entrance to its own burrow. Nice image!
… Eric R. Eaton, 19 April, 2007 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

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