Male

Female

Length: Male 10-13mm, Female 13-14mm;
Forewing Length: Male 7.5-9.5mm, Female 9.5-10.5mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - June (Earliest: 15.3) (Winter)

Attractant Chemicals
Monoterpenoids	Geraniol
Sesquiterpenoids	Farnesyl Hexanoate
Fatty Alcohols	Dodecanol

Biotopes:	Meadows	Spruce Forest Edge	Hedge Rows
Food:	Several Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Salix caprea Nectar, Pollen
Nest:	Bare Ground
Nest Parasites:	Nomada flava

Atlas Hymenoptera: Andrena carantonica Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Andrena scotica
Nature Spot: Andrena scotica
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Andrena carantonica
Wildbienen: Sand- bzw. Erdbienen: Andrena carantonica

Pictures © 2003, 2007, 2008 J.K. Lindsey

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