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Anthophora plumipes
Family: ApidaeGenus: Anthophoranative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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84
Plants
visited
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128
Interactions
documented
About this species
A univoltine wild bee with a notably long tongue, active from February to June in Britain. It is polylectic, visiting a wide range of flowers for pollen, and females measure 4.26 mm across the thorax with a tongue length of 8.56 mm.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Activity occurs from February to June. One generation is completed annually, with adults emerging in late winter and remaining on the wing through spring.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Anthophora plumipes is recorded in Great Britain. This bee belongs to the family Apidae within the wild bees. It has a single generation each year (univoltine) and a flight period from February to June. The species is polylectic, collecting pollen from many different plant families. Females have an inter-tegular distance of 4.26 mm, a measure of body size, and a tongue length of 8.56 mm, a trait that allows feeding from deep-flowered blossoms.
Visited plants
84 plants are visited by this species
Primula elatiorCrataegus monogynaTaraxacum officinalePapaver rhoeasGlechoma hederaceaMalus domesticaBrassica napus subsp. napusSalix capreaDaucus carotaFicaria vernaVinca minorAllium ursinumPulsatilla vulgaris var. vulgarisRibes nigrumRibes uva-crispaViola hirtaLamium galeobdolon subsp. argentatumBuglossoides purpurocaeruleaHippocrepis comosaViola odorataPrunus spinosaUlex europaeus subsp. europaeusCorydalis solidaPrunella vulgarisLonicera periclymenumVinca majorRibes rubrumCalluna vulgarisBrassica rapaBrassica nigraSymphytum asperumVicia sepiumRibes sanguineumHyacinthoides non-scriptaPrimula vulgarisMuscari neglectumHesperis matronalisAnchusa officinalisLamium purpureum var. incisumLamium amplexicauleEranthis hyemalisCerinthe minor subsp. minorPrimula verisAjuga reptansLamium maculatumSyringa vulgarisMuscari armeniacumSalvia officinalisLathyrus vernusTrifolium pratense
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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