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

 

Andrena ruficrus Nylander, 1848

 

 

European species. Distributed in the Alpine and pre-Alpine regions of Slovenia.

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

Univoltine. Flies from March to May.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Ob reki Savi pri Ljubljani in v Kamniški Bistrici.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia