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Female on Taraxacum. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, April 2007.

 

Andrena taraxaci Giraud, 1861

 

 

Palaearctic species. In the sub-Mediterranean, pre-Dinaric and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia.

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

Univoltine. Flies from March to May.

 

Male on Bellis perennis. Brje pri Komnu, Kras, March 2008.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia