Red-backed Mining Bee
Andrena similis
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
The Red-backed Mining Bee faces severe population declines primarily due to the loss of flower-rich grasslands and heathlands essential for foraging. Agricultural intensification has eliminated many of the wildflower meadows where this species historically collected pollen and nectar. Climate change compounds these pressures by altering the timing of flowering plants that the bee depends on for reproduction.
Habitat
The Red-backed Mining Bee inhabits flower-rich grasslands, heathlands, and coastal dunes where it constructs underground nests in sandy or well-drained soils. This species requires diverse flowering plants for foraging, particularly favoring composite flowers and spring-blooming shrubs in open, sunny locations.
Other threatened species in Andrenidae
Threatened in Albania
Frequently asked questions
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