Species Account for Andrena fucata
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Andrena fucata Smith, 1847
a mining bee
Aculeata: Andreninae
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Taxonomic group: bees and wasps (Aculeata) - County data
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Essex RDB: Listed
Threat: Essex Threatened
Records: 13
First Record: 1995
Latest Record: 2018
1992-on hectads: 8
Pre-1992 hectads: 0
Total hectads: 8
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The species is locally common nationally, but rare in Essex where so much habitat has been destroyed or degraded by modern agriculture. It is a ground nesting species of open woodland, and is polylectic, foraging on a range of flowers. References
Species text last edited on Tue Mar 20th 2007 by user 3
Habitats
Broad Habitat Data (based on 3 records with habitat information)
Broad subhabitat Data (based on 1 records with subhabitat information)
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Habitat Detail and Method (based on 13 records with habitat detail and method information)
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