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Female on the nesting ground. Senožeti, Dol pri Ljubljani, April 2008.

 

Andrena ventralis Imhoff, 1832

 

 

Palaearctic species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Oligolectic species, specialized on Salix (Salicaceae). Nests in burrows in the ground, excavated by itself.

Univoltine. Flies from March to May.

 

Male on the nesting ground. Senožeti, Dol pri Ljubljani, March 2009.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia