Andrena chrysosceles
Description
This is a small Mining Bee. The abdomen may show gingery hairs or be almost bare, but has obvious paler stripes. There is a ginger tuft at the tip of the abdomen.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Often seen on spring or early summer flowers.
When to see it
Mainly May to July with occasional specimens around October.
UK Status
Spring emerging specimens have over-wintered as adults, but those that emerge later in the year have probably over-wintered as diapausing prepupae.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015