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Hylaeus dilatatus
Family: ColletidaeGenus: Hylaeusnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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About this species
A small, polylectic solitary bee. Females have an inter-tegular distance of 1.39 mm and a tongue length of 1.18 mm. It produces multiple generations each year and is active from May to August.
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Yearly cycle
Multivoltine; several overlapping generations occur during the active period from May to August.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltin
Scientific profile
Hylaeus dilatatus is a wild bee belonging to the family Colletidae. It is multivoltine, completing several broods per season. Females are tiny, with an inter-tegular distance of 1.39 mm and a tongue length of 1.18 mm. The species is polylectic, visiting a wide variety of flowering plants for pollen. Adults are on the wing from May to August. In Germany it is listed as not threatened. The bee is recorded in Great Britain through the UK Species Inventory, but its precise status remains undetermined.
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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