#3617 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Large Scabious Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Knautiabij ·Andrena hattorfiana
📍 5954 Beesel, Nederland
📍 Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Nederland
📍 Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Nederland
📍 Arnhem
📍 Tolkamer, Nederland
📍 Voerendaal, NL-LI, NL
📍 Nijmegen, NL-GE, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ralph Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Vlad Proklov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Andrey Danilin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 5954 Beesel, Nederland:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Nederland:© tvp · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 7. Arnhem:© mtalens · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Tolkamer, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Voerendaal, NL-LI, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 10. Nijmegen, NL-GE, NL:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Andrena hattorfiana is a species of mining bees belonging to the family Andrenidae subfamily Andreninae.
base stats
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 24 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 4,320 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Large Scabious Mining Bee
- Nederlands
- Knautiabij
- scientific name
- Andrena hattorfiana
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Andrenidae
- sightings in NL
- 24
- sightings in Europe
- 3,378
- sightings worldwide
- 4,320
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,674
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Andrenidae
#3522 📷 10Early Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Roodgatje
Andrena haemorrhoa
👀 240 in NL
#3526 📷 10Tawny Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Vosje
Andrena fulva
LC 👀 209 in NL
#3538 📷 10Grey-backed Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Grijze Zandbij
Andrena vaga
👀 148 in NL
#3567 📷 10Ashy Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Asbij
Andrena cineraria
👀 65 in NL
#3570 📷 10Grey-patched Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Viltvlekzandbij
Andrena nitida
👀 61 in NL
#3580 📷 10Yellow-legged Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Grasbij
Andrena flavipes
👀 44 in NL
#3592 📷 10Clark's Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Zwart-rosse zandbij
Andrena clarkella
👀 37 in NL
#3609 📷 10Grey-banded Mining Bee
🇳🇱 Kruiskruidzandbij
Andrena denticulata
👀 31 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 424814, Wikidata Q1542272, GBIF 1357364, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.