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Ceratina cyanea

Family: ApidaeGenus: Ceratinanative in Germany

native in Germany

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Plants

visited

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Interactions

documented

About this species

Ceratina cyanea is a small carpenter bee in the family Apidae.

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Visited plants

Yearly cycle

The flight period spans from March to September.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylektisch

Generationen/Jahr

univoltin

Scientific profile

Ceratina cyanea is recorded from Great Britain. It is a univoltine bee, flying from March to September. The species is polylectic, collecting pollen from a wide range of flowering plants. Females have an intertegular distance of 1.35 mm and a tongue length of 2.85 mm.

Visited plants

29 plants are visited by this species

Rubus caesius Pulicaria dysenterica Rubus idaeus Potentilla anserina Ranunculus repens Jasione montanaComarum palustreRubus spectabilisCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraPotentilla reptansPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisRubus fruticosus Centaurea scabiosa Pilosella officinarum Taraxacum officinale Salvia pratensis Leontodon hispidusConvolvulus arvensisGeranium robertianum var. maritimumPotentilla argentea Geranium pyrenaicum Cota tinctoriaGlobularia bisnagaricaCalendula officinalisMyosotis sylvatica Genista tinctoria Lithospermum officinale Helianthemum nummularium

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)