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Female on Knautia arvensis. Lukovica pri Brezovici, Ljubljansko barje, June 1989.

 

Andrena hattorfiana (Fabricius, 1775)

 

 

West Palaearctic species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Oligolectic, specialized on Dipsacaceae. Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies from May to August.

 

Male on Knautia arvensis. Lukovica pri Brezovici, May 2008.

 

Female with red pollen of Knautia illyrica. Rakov Škocjan, June 2010.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena vrsta.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia