Image to followAI-generated illustrationHalictus rubicundus
Halictus rubicundus
Family: HalictidaeGenus: Halictusnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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194
Plants
visited
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298
Interactions
documented
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7
Host plants
known
About this species
A small, polylectic, univoltine wild bee of the family Halictidae, recorded in Great Britain. The female has an inter-tegular distance of 2.1 mm and a tongue length of 2.82 mm. Adults are active from April to October.
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Yearly cycle
Adults are active from April to October.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Halictus rubicundus is a small halictid bee occurring in Great Britain. The female measures 2.1 mm across the thorax (inter-tegular distance) and has a tongue 2.82 mm long. It is univoltine, producing one generation per year, and is polylectic, collecting pollen from a wide range of flowering plants. The flight period extends from April to October.
Host plants
7 plants serve as food for the larvae
Rudbeckia hirtaLeucanthemum vulgarePilosella aurantiacaLonicera tataricaPotentilla recta subsp. rectaCentaurea stoebe subsp. stoebeJuniperus communis
Visited plants
187 plants are visited by this species
Jacobaea vulgarisClinopodium vulgareCentaurea scabiosaReseda luteaCytisus scopariusRanunculus repensAnthriscus sylvestrisLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusRanunculus linguaConvolvulus arvensisHelianthus annuusVicia fabaTripleurospermum inodorumCrepis capillarisScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisSuccisa pratensisLysimachia maritimaCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraRanunculus aquatilisSalix repensRubus idaeusCrepis biennisRanunculus flammulaPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaVaccinium myrtillusCotoneaster horizontalisBrassica napus subsp. napusPulicaria dysentericaTaraxacum officinaleScorzoneroides autumnalisJacobaea erucifoliaJacobaea aquaticaAcer campestreSenecio squalidusLeontodon hispidusArmeria maritima subsp. serpentinicotoneaster bullatusRubus caesiusRubus fruticosusCampanula rotundifoliaLimonium binervosumRubus spectabilisSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisBryonia dioicaCalluna vulgarisHeracleum sphondyliumRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusErica tetralixUlex europaeus subsp. europaeus
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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