Tawny Mining Bee

Andrena fulva

Common & widespread in Britain.

Flies in April & May.

The Males are 10–12 mm (0.4–0.5 in) and the Females 8–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long.

Females arr covered with fox-red hair on the dorsal surface of its thorax and abdomen and black hair on its head and ventral surface.

Males are less distinctive, being clad in golden-brown or reddish-brown hairs, with some long white hairs on the face, and a tooth on each of the mandibles.