Chocolate Mining Bee

Andrena carantonica

Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena carantonica)
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Andrena trimmerana, Trimmer's mining bee, is a species of mining bee from the family Andrenidae. It occurs in the western Palearctic but its true status in some areas is muddled due to issues of taxonomy and misidentification. Source

Where it is now

No records in the last 8 weeks. It may be out of season where the observers and sensors are.

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Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

RegionFirst arrivalLast arrivalTypical peakAreas
Europe9 March 20269 March 202613 April 20261

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.