Image to followAI-generated illustrationAnthophora bimaculata
Anthophora bimaculata
Family: ApidaeGenus: Anthophoranative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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34
Plants
visited
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34
Interactions
documented
About this species
A univoltine solitary bee in the family Apidae, recorded in Great Britain and flying from March to May.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults are active from March to May, with a single generation per year.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Anthophora bimaculata is a solitary bee belonging to the family Apidae. It is recorded in Great Britain through the United Kingdom Species Inventory, with a presence status of present-indeterminate. This bee is univoltine, producing one generation per year, and its adult flight period spans from March to May. It is polylectic, meaning it collects pollen from a wide range of plant families. Females have an intertegular distance of 3.19 mm and a tongue length of 6.49 mm. In Germany, the species is listed as category 3 (vulnerable) on the national Red List.
Visited plants
34 plants are visited by this species
Teucrium scorodoniaSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisLythrum salicariaPentanema squarrosumCirsium palustreSenecio squalidusPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaCirsium arvenseJacobaea vulgarisCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareJasione montanaCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraPrunella vulgarisArctium minusCalluna vulgarisErica cinereaPulicaria dysentericaRubus fruticosusRubus caesiusArctium lappaRubus idaeusInula heleniumRubus spectabilisJacobaea aquaticaJacobaea erucifoliaDactylorhiza majalis subsp. majalisBallota nigra subsp. nigraVeronica officinalisBuddleja davidiiEchium vulgareCentaurea scabiosaHelminthotheca echioidesCentaurea jaceaSenecio inaequidens
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•EBHD — European Biodiversity Hub Database v2025, Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17107215 (CC BY 4.0)
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