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Heriades truncorum
Family: MegachilidaeGenus: Heriadesnative in Germany
native in Germany
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24
Plants
visited
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28
Interactions
documented
About this species
Heriades truncorum is a small oligolectic solitary bee with a single annual generation. Adult females are active from May to September.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults are active from May to September. The species is univoltine, with one generation annually.
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Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligolektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Heriades truncorum belongs to the family Megachilidae. It is a univoltine species, completing one life cycle per year. The female is oligolectic, collecting pollen from a limited range of plant species. Adult females have been recorded in flight from May to September. Morphologically, the female intertegular distance averages 1.53 mm and tongue length 2.81 mm.
Visited plants
24 plants are visited by this species
Jacobaea vulgarisLeucanthemum vulgareEupatorium cannabinumAchillea millefolium var. collinaErigeron annuusPicris hieracioides subsp. grandifloraOriganum vulgarePilosella officinarumPlantago lanceolataKnautia arvensisEchinops ritroMalva sylvestrisCrepis biennisScorzoneroides autumnalisLeontodon hispidusAchillea filipendulinaTanacetum vulgareBuphthalmum salicifoliumCrepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifoliaCota tinctoriaPulicaria dysentericaCrepis tectorumMalus domesticaTripleurospermum inodorum
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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