Black mining bee (Andrena pilipes) nationally scarce in the UK, female collecting pollen from Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) flowers, Cornwall, UK

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Black mining bee (Andrena pilipes) a nationally scarce species in the UK, female collecting pollen from Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) flowers, Trevose, Head, Cornwall, UK, April.

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Size: 4349px × 3262px
Location: Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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