Bicoloured Miner (Andrena bicolor)

Bicoloured Miner, a reference photo — Photo: S. Rae from Scotland, UK · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Andrena bicolor, or Gwynne's mining bee, is a common and widespread Western Palearctic mining bee which is found over most of Europe as well as North Africa and the Middle East and which reaches eastwards into Siberia.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Bicoloured Miner being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Andrena nigroaenea
Andrena praecox
Andrena scotica
Andrena tibialis
Andrena clarkella
Andrena helvola

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Andrenidae
Genus: Andrena
Species: Andrena bicolor

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