previous             Wild Bee photo gallery           next

 

Female on Crepis. Škrbina, Kras, September 2008 (above and below).

 

Andrena pellucens Pérez, 1895

 

 

North Mediterranean species. In Slovenia in the sub-Mediterranean, Dinaric and sub-Pannonian regions.

Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae Cichorioideae (e.g. Leontodon, Crepis) (pers. obs.).

Univoltine. Flies from August to October.

 

 

Female returning home with pollen load. Ponikve, Preserje pod Krimom, September 2008.

 

Female opening the entrance to her burrow.

 

Male on Cichorium. Ponikve, Preserje pod Krimom, September 2008.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Na Krasu, pod Krimom in v Podčetrtku.

 

back to checklist

Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia