Miserable Mining Bee

Andrena miserabilis · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Andrenidae

Also called: Smooth-faced Miner Bee, Miserable Andrena, Tufted Miner

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Miserable Mining Bee
Photo: James Kindt, CC BY

Andrena miserabilis is a miner bee that belongs to the family Andrenidae.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Andrena miserabilis is a miner bee in the family Andrenidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs in Central America and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 46 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Illinois, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, Kansas, Connecticut.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Miserable Mining Bee photo 3
Photo: Michelle Orcutt, CC BY
Miserable Mining Bee photo 4
Photo: James Kindt, CC BY
Miserable Mining Bee photo 5
Photo: Michelle Orcutt, CC BY
Miserable Mining Bee photo 6
Photo: Michelle Orcutt, CC BY

Same family (Andrenidae)

Ashy Mining BeeAshy Mining BeeAndrena cinerariaTawny Mining BeeTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaWilke's Mining BeeWilke's Mining BeeAndrena wilkellaHawthorn Mining BeeHawthorn Mining BeeAndrena crataegiClark's Mining BeeClark's Mining BeeAndrena clarkellaPrunus Miner BeePrunus Miner BeeAndrena prunorum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrena_miserabilis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

How this page works

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