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Female on Salix. Vel. Račna, Radensko polje, March 2011 (above and below).

 

Andrena praecox (Scopoli, 1763)

 

 

European species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

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

Univoltine. Flies from March to May.

 

 

Female on Salix catkins. Črnuče, Sava river, Ljubljana, March 1994.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia