Bombus campestris
Bombus campestris
Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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62
Plants
visited
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75
Interactions
documented
About this species
A cuckoo bumblebee recorded in Great Britain.
Ecological network
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
This bee is univoltine, with adults active between May and August.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
obligate inquiline
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Bombus campestris is a univoltine obligate inquiline bee active from May to August. It does not establish its own colony; instead, it relies on a host bumblebee species to provision its young. Females have an intertegular distance of 4.66 mm and a tongue length of 9.34 mm.
Visited plants
62 plants are visited by this species
Rhinanthus minorEpilobium montanumBistorta officinalisHelianthus annuusTrifolium pratenseGlechoma hederaceaRubus spectabilisSymphytum asperumThymus serpyllumDipsacus fullonumLamium albumSymphytum officinaleScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisRubus fruticosusKnautia arvensisRubus caesiusCarduus crispusLotus pedunculatusRubus idaeusBallota nigra subsp. nigraVicia sativa subsp. nigraTeucrium scorodoniaThymus praecoxThymus pulegioidesMentha aquaticaLonicera periclymenumCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraJacobaea vulgarisCirsium acauleLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusHedera helix subsp. helixSyringa vulgarisDipsacus sativusErica tetralixEchium vulgareOriganum majoranaBorago officinalisErica cinereaCalluna vulgarisTaraxacum officinaleEpilobium parviflorumLathyrus pratensisGeranium pratenseHyacinthoides non-scriptaVicia sepiumCentaurea scabiosaArctium minusDigitalis purpureaEupatorium cannabinumCirsium palustre
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)
•Foto: © Henk Wallays / Adobe Stock
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