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Prefectural Natural Monument
Insects
Mining Bee (Utsugi-no-himehanabachi)
Andrena prostomias
This is a small solitary bee that visits flowers such as Deutzia in spring. It digs nests in the ground, and many individuals may gather at the same site. The aggregation site in Hyogo Prefecture is protected as a valuable place to see this nesting behavior.
- Scientific name
- Andrena prostomias
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Hyogo
- 日本語
- ウツギノヒメハナバチ
- 简体中文
- 溲疏地花蜂
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The Mining Bee (Utsugi-no-himehanabachi) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hyogo.
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