Key Identification Features
- Andrena cineraria (Linnaeus, 1758), commonly called the ashy mining bee, can be identified by sex-specific physical traits.
- Burrow entrances can be identified by the conical mounds of excavated soil they leave on the surface.
- Males are less visually distinctive: they are covered in golden-brown or reddish-brown hairs, have long white hairs on their face, and a tooth on each mandible.
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