Bombus jonellus

Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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256

Plants

visited

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343

Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

A bumblebee with a bivoltine life cycle, active from May through September. It is polylectic and visits a wide range of flowers.

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Yearly cycle

Adults are present from May to September. During this period two generations are completed, though the separate flight times of the two broods are not distinguished in the available records.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylektisch

Generationen/Jahr

bivoltin

Scientific profile

Bombus jonellus is a bumblebee of the family Apidae recorded in Great Britain. Evidence from trait databases shows it has a bivoltine life cycle, producing two broods each year. Adults are active between May and September. The species is polylectic, foraging on pollen and nectar from many different plant families.

Host plants

1 plants serve as food for the larvae

Rhododendron groenlandicum

Visited plants

255 plants are visited by this species

Primula elatiorCarlina acanthifoliaSenecio ovatus subsp. ovatusOnobrychis viciifoliaColutea arborescens subsp. arborescensLycopsis arvensis Jacobaea erucifolia Raphanus sativus Leontodon hispidus Bistorta officinalis Chaenomeles japonica Ficaria vernaEchiumCalluna vulgaris Nepeta racemosaCrepis capillarisLathyrus nissoliaMelissa officinalisUlex europaeus subsp. europaeusCirsium palustreBallota nigra subsp. nigraTrifolium repens subsp. repensMentha aquatica Vicia craccaCirsium heterophyllumCirsium arvense Cirsium acaule Eupatorium cannabinumLamium purpureum var. incisumNarthecium ossifragumCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareSalix fragilisLinaria vulgarisJacobaea vulgaris Echium vulgare Rhinanthus minorMedicago sativaMedicago lupulinaSalix viminalisVaccinium myrtillusKnautia arvensisAnthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphyllaSalix pentandra Scorzoneroides autumnalis Vaccinium vitis-idaea Salix caprea Lathyrus sylvestris Salix repens Salix aurita Viola tricolor

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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