#3522 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Early Mining Bee

🇳🇱 Roodgatje ·Andrena haemorrhoa

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Rachel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Marko KivelÃ¤ · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © CÃ©cile Bassaglia · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Nigel Jones · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. Graafland, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
6. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Hoogerheide:© natural-dogs · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Nationaal Park De Biesbosch, Werkendam, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. 9742 JC Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Andrena haemorrhoa is a Palearctic species of mining bee.

base stats

NL sightings 240iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,693iNaturalist 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 240 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #20 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
12,693 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1781 (245 years ago).