Bombus sylvestris
Bombus sylvestris
Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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346
Plants
visited
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391
Interactions
documented
About this species
Bombus sylvestris is a univoltine obligate inquiline bumblebee, active between April and September, which relies on other bumblebee colonies to rear its young.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults are active from April to September. The species is univoltine, completing one generation per year.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
obligate inquiline
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Bombus sylvestris is a univoltine bumblebee with an obligate inquiline lifestyle, meaning it does not build its own nest but instead invades the colonies of other bumblebees to reproduce. Female intertegular distance averages 4.33 mm and the female tongue length is around 8.69 mm. It is recorded in Great Britain and is active from April through to September.
Visited plants
300 plants are visited by this species
Symphytum asperumDipsacus fullonumRanunculus polyanthemos subsp. serpensSuccisa pratensisRibes uva-crispaCerastium fontanumRaphanus raphanistrumGeranium molle var. molleAlliaria petiolataBrassica nigraTorilis japonicaGalium odoratumCeratocapnos claviculataThymus praecoxViola tricolorCalystegia silvaticaBistorta officinalisEchiumHypochaeris radicataPrimula elatiordactylorhiza maculataCarlina acanthifoliaCentaurea cyanusLophiolepis eriophoraBorago officinalisJacobaea erucifoliaNepeta catariaFragaria × ananassaVicia sepiumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisScorzoneroides autumnalisDigitalis purpureaPilosella peleterianaOnonis spinosa subsp. austriacaLeontodon hispidusSilene dioicaCentaurea montanaAllium schoenoprasumCotoneaster horizontalisCrepis capillarisHypericum pulchrumSinapis arvensis subsp. arvensisHyacinthoides non-scriptaCarduus crispusVerbena officinalisScrophularia auriculataThymus serpyllumFicaria vernaRanunculus aquatilisMalus domestica
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: © Lothar Lenz lotharlenz@gmx.de / Adobe Stock
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