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Cornish Red Data (2009)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.

Andrena simillima - A solitary mining bee



Range & Status

Once widespread in southern England but now in rapid decline. Although found on

heathland and chalk downland elsewhere, in Cornwall most of it extant sites are in coastal situations, including soft rock cliffs, land slips and dune systems. Here it nests in patches of bare or sparsely vegetated ground in warm situations on south facing slopes and banks. There are numerous older records and at least 10 post-1980 sites, and it is to be found on both north and south coasts. Cornwall is considered to be one of the strongholds for this species.

Source:

I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.

The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.