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Clark's Mining Bee

🇳🇱 Zwart-rosse zandbij ·Andrena clarkella

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Clark's Mining Bee, photo 1 of 10
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what is it?

Andrena clarkella , known generally as the Clark's andrena or Clarke's mining bee , is a species of mining bee in the family Andrenidae. It is found in North America.

base stats

  • NL sightings 37iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,461iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,461 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by William Kirby in 1802 (224 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Clark's Mining Bee
Nederlands
Zwart-rosse zandbij
scientific name
Andrena clarkella
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Andrenidae
sightings in NL
37
sightings in Europe
2,039
sightings worldwide
3,461
GBIF records in NL
4,363
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1802 by William Kirby

relatives· Andrenidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 198998, Wikidata Q2341328, GBIF 1357338, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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