Coppice Mining Bee (Andrena helvola)

Coppice Mining Bee, a reference photo — Photo: Line Sabroe from Denmark · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Andrena helvola , the coppice mining bee, is a Palearctic species of mining bee from the genus Andrena.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Coppice Mining Bee 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 tibialis
Andrena praecox
Andrena bicolor
Andrena nitida
Andrena scotica
Andrena haemorrhoa

Classification

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

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