Garden Grass-veneer vs Tawny Mining Bee

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Garden Grass-veneer	Tawny Mining Bee
Scientific Name	Chrysoteuchia culmella	Andrena fulva
Order	Lepidoptera	Hymenoptera
Family	Crambidae	Andrenidae
Size	20-26 mm wingspan	8-14 mm
Habitat	Gardens	Gardens
Diet	Root Feeders	Fruit Feeders
Regions	Europe, Northern Asia	Europe
Conservation	Least Concern	Least Concern

Garden Grass-veneer

A small straw-colored moth with a silvery sheen and prominent labial palps forming a snout. It is one of the commonest grass moths in European lawns.

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Did You Know?

Hundreds can be flushed from a single patch of lawn when walking through grass at dusk.

Tawny Mining Bee

A solitary bee covered in dense bright orange-brown fur that gives it a foxy appearance. Females excavate individual nest burrows in lawns and garden paths each spring.

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Did You Know?

Each female digs her own nest burrow up to 30 centimeters deep and provisions several underground chambers with pollen balls, each topped with a single egg.