Bombus vestalis

Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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149

Plants

visited

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198

Interactions

documented

About this species

Bombus vestalis is a univoltine, obligate inquiline bumblebee that is active from April to August. The female has an inter-tegular distance of 5.21 mm and a tongue length of 10.39 mm.

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Visited plants

Yearly cycle

Adults are active from April to August, producing one generation per year.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

obligate inquiline

Generationen/Jahr

univoltin

Scientific profile

Bombus vestalis belongs to the family Apidae and the genus Bombus. It is a univoltine species with one generation per year. Its life history is that of an obligate inquiline, meaning it does not establish its own colonies but instead relies on usurping the nests of host bumblebee species. Females have an inter-tegular distance of 5.21 mm and a tongue length of 10.39 mm. Adults are active from April to August.

Visited plants

149 plants are visited by this species

Thymus praecox Prunus spinosa Succisa pratensisLonicera periclymenumLeontodon hispidusEchinops exaltatusBistorta officinalis Epilobium parviflorum dactylorhiza maculata Ranunculus aquatilis Viola riviniana Trifolium hybridumCirsium heterophyllumSalix repensGeranium robertianum var. maritimumPrunus padus subsp. borealisTrifolium medium Viola arvensis Prunus cerasus Prunus laurocerasusAjuga reptansHypericum maculatumCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCirsium dissectumUlex europaeus subsp. europaeusVicia faba Cirsium tuberosum Allium ursinumMalva sylvestrisMalus sylvestrisBallota nigra subsp. nigraSalix viminalis Centaurea cyanusErica cinereaValeriana officinalisGlechoma hederacea Hypericum calycinumLamium albumSymphytum officinale Prunella vulgarisArctium lappaSinapis arvensis subsp. arvensisAllium schoenoprasum Rubus spectabilis Cirsium palustre Trifolium dubiumLophiolepis eriophoraViola odorata Verbena officinalisMalus 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)

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