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Female on Gagea. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, March 2004.

 

Andrena bicolor Fabricius, 1775

 

 

West Palaearctic species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Polylectic species, but the summer generation visits mainly Campanulaceae (pers. obs.). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Bivoltine. Flies from March to May and from June to August.

 

Female of the summer generation on Campanula. Lukovica pri Brezovici, Ljubljansko barje, June 2004.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia