Andrena chaetogastra
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Andrena chaetogastra faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural intensification and urban development across its limited range. The species' specialized nesting requirements and narrow foraging preferences make it particularly vulnerable to landscape fragmentation. Climate change compounds these pressures by altering flowering phenology of its preferred plant hosts, disrupting critical pollination timing.
Habitat
This solitary bee species inhabits open grasslands, meadows, and woodland edges with sandy or well-drained soils suitable for ground nesting. It requires diverse flowering plants within foraging range and undisturbed soil patches for constructing its underground brood chambers.
