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Grey-patched Mining Bee

🇳🇱 Viltvlekzandbij ·Andrena nitida

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © Wildlife in a Dorset garden. Thanks for 150,000 views · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  3. 3. © gailhampshire · CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. © Victor Heng · CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. 6525 DK Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
  7. 7. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands:© Lars Willighagen · CC BY 4.0
  9. 9. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Nationaal Park De Biesbosch, Werkendam, North Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
Grey-patched Mining Bee, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De viltvlekzandbij ( Andrena nitida ) is een bij uit het geslacht van de zandbijen ( Andrena ).

base stats

  • NL sightings 61iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,345iNaturalist 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 61 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 4,345 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Grey-patched Mining Bee
Nederlands
Viltvlekzandbij
scientific name
Andrena nitida
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Andrenidae
in NL
native
sightings in NL
61
sightings in Europe
2,294
sightings worldwide
4,345
GBIF records in NL
9,424
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Andrenidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 460837, Wikidata Q2350198, GBIF 1357545, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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