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Mining Bee

Andrena

Description:

female laying her egg; 12 mm;

Habitat:

sunny South facing slope with clay soil on urban schoolyard

Notes:

they come for a few weeks every year to this same spot; there are many thousands of nests; though scary in the sheer number of them you can walk right through them and not get stung they are not aggressive at all

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Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Mar 24, 2017
Submitted on Apr 19, 2017

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