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Female from Pasja ravan, Polhograjsko hribovje, collected in May 1996.

 

Andrena bucephala Stephens, 1846

 

 

European species. In sub-Mediterranean, pre-Alpine and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia.

Polylectic species, visiting mainly trees and bushes. Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself. Communal species.

Univoltine. Flies in April and May.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena, a redka vrsta.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia