Female	Nest
Male	Grey Female Variant

Length: Male 9-12mm, Female: 13-15mm;
Forewing Length: Male 5.5-6.5mm, Female 6.5-7mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - May (Earliest: 10.3) (Winter)

Attractant Chemicals
Monoterpenoids	Geraniol, Geranyl Octanoate

Biotopes:	Spruce Forest Edge	Hedge Rows	Wet Forest	Meadows
Food: (Oligophagous)	Most Salix Nectar, Pollen	Several Asteraceae Nectar
Nest:	Bare Ground
Nest Parasite:	Nomada leucophthalma

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

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