Bombus sylvarum

Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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139

Plants

visited

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188

Interactions

documented

About this species

A bumblebee with a broad diet, recorded in Great Britain. It is univoltine and active from March to September.

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Visited plants

Yearly cycle

Adults are active from March to September. The species is univoltine, completing one generation per year.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylectic/facultative inquiline

Generationen/Jahr

univoltin

Scientific profile

Bombus sylvarum belongs to the family Apidae. It is a polylectic bee that also acts as a facultative inquiline, sometimes nesting socially in the colonies of other bumblebees. The species is univoltine, producing a single generation each year, and adults are active from March to September.

Visited plants

139 plants are visited by this species

Thymus praecoxOnonis spinosa subsp. austriacaPicris hieracioides subsp. grandifloraCirsium heterophyllumAnthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphyllaClinopodium vulgare Teucrium scorodonia Rhinanthus minor Lathyrus sylvestris Glechoma hederacea Prunella vulgaris Cirsium palustreLinaria vulgarisMentha aquatica Jacobaea vulgaris Cirsium tuberosumConvolvulus arvensisCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraRubus caesius Eryngium maritimum Odontites vernusOnobrychis viciifoliaDipsacus fullonum Vicia faba Symphytum asperumLophiolepis eriophoraSinapis arvensis subsp. arvensisIris pseudacorusErica tetralix Lathyrus pratensis Vicia sepiumCampanula glomerata subsp. glomerataCirsium dissectumLotus pedunculatusStachys officinalis Rubus fruticosus Reseda lutea Melilotus altissimus Tripolium pannonicumMelilotus officinalisSymphytum officinale Pilosella officinarumHirschfeldia incanaCirsium arvense Epilobium hirsutum Barbarea vulgaris Bryonia dioicaCentaurea jaceaOdontites vulgarisLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutus

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)