Image to followAI-generated illustrationDasypoda hirtipes
Dasypoda hirtipes
Family: MelittidaeGenus: Dasypodanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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35
Plants
visited
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47
Interactions
documented
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1
Host plants
known
About this species
Dasypoda hirtipes is a solitary bee in the family Melittidae. It has been recorded in Britain and is active during the summer months of July to September. The species is oligolectic, collecting pollen from a limited suite of flowers, and females have an intertegular distance averaging 2.87 mm.
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Yearly cycle
Adults are active from July to September, with one generation per year.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligolektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Dasypoda hirtipes is a solitary bee belonging to the family Melittidae. It is univoltine, producing a single generation each year, and adults are on the wing from July to September. The bee is oligolectic, specialising on a narrow range of host plants for pollen. The species has been recorded in Great Britain. Female intertegular distance averages 2.87 millimetres, indicating a relatively small body size. In Germany it is considered near threatened (Vorwarnliste).
Visited plants
34 plants are visited by this species
Cirsium arvenseSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisSenecio squalidusHelminthotheca echioidesScorzoneroides autumnalisRubus spectabilisCalluna vulgarisJacobaea vulgarisRubus idaeusCarduus nutans subsp. nutansJacobaea erucifoliaPilosella officinarumCrepis capillarisRubus caesiusCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraCrepis biennisCrepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifoliaJacobaea aquaticaRubus fruticosusJasione montanaPulicaria dysentericaHypochaeris radicataCentaurea scabiosaAchillea millefolium var. collinaTaraxacum officinalePicris hieracioides subsp. grandifloraErigeron annuusCichorium intybusCirsium palustreKnautia arvensisCentaurea decipiensBerteroa incanaSonchus arvensis
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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