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Male on Polygala. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, May 2005.

 

Andrena similis Smith, 1849

 

 

West Palaearctic species. In the sub-Mediterranean and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia.

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

Univoltine. Flies from April to July.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia