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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) » Miner Bees (Andreninae) » Andrena » Subgenus Plastandrena (Andrena Subgenus Plastandrena) » Andrena prunorum

Species Andrena prunorum

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Mining Bee - Andrena prunorum - female Colorful bee - Andrena prunorum - female Andrena prunorum? - Andrena prunorum - female female bee on phacelia - Andrena prunorum - female Lasioglossum? - Andrena prunorum - female Orange-legged Bee - Andrena prunorum - male Andrena prunorum? - Andrena prunorum - male Mining Bee? - Andrena prunorum - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Andrenidae (Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees)
Subfamily Andreninae (Miner Bees)
Genus Andrena
No Taxon (Subgenus Plastandrena)
Species prunorum (Andrena prunorum)
Other Common Names
Purple Miner Bee
Explanation of Names
Author: Cockerell, 1896.
prunorum = from the Latin prūnōrum ('prunus, plum tree')
Identification
Variable in color across its range. The darkened wingtip is a helpful trait. Males often with the clypus yellow.
Range
Western half of NA but has been collected MA
Discover Life Map
Season
spring-summer
Food
Visits flowers from several families. The Hosts section on its Discover Life species page lists known floral associations based on specimen records and images.
Internet References
DiscoverLife
Nesting biology. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 23 September, 2006 - 6:09am
Additional contributions by Hartmut Wisch, Ted Kropiewnicki, John S. Ascher, hg, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 29 January, 2022 - 12:58pm

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