Megachile centuncularis

Family: MegachilidaeGenus: Megachilenative in Germany

native in Germany

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Plants

visited

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100

Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

A small solitary bee with a female inter-tegular distance of 2.72 mm and a tongue length of 4.88 mm. It is polylectic, visiting a wide range of flowers, and adults are on the wing from April to October.

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Yearly cycle

Adults are active from April to October. The species can be univoltine or bivoltine.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylektisch

Generationen/Jahr

univoltine/bivoltine

Scientific profile

This bee belongs to the family Megachilidae. Females measure 2.72 mm across the tegulae, with a tongue length of 4.88 mm. The species is polylectic, gathering pollen from many different plant families. The flight period lasts from April to October, and the life cycle may be univoltine or bivoltine.

Host plants

1 plants serve as food for the larvae

Carduus nutans subsp. nutans

Visited plants

83 plants are visited by this species

Campanula persicifolia subsp. persicifoliaJacobaea vulgarisGeranium robertianum var. maritimumRubus caesiusArmeria maritima subsp. serpentiniPapaver somniferumCampanula tracheliumHeracleum sphondyliumRubus spectabilis Bryonia dioica Rubus fruticosus Geranium sylvaticumGeranium pratenseGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumPulicaria dysenterica Campanula latifolia Geranium dissectumCampanula rotundifoliaPapaver rhoeasGeranium molle var. molleMalus domesticaPilosella aurantiaca Rubus idaeusCampanula glomerata subsp. glomerataGeranium sanguineumCalendula officinalisTrifolium repens subsp. repensGeranium pyrenaicumLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusCymbalaria muralis subsp. muralisMentha aquaticaArctium minusCrepis capillarisCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCirsium arvenseMalva sylvestrisMedicago lupulinaLeucanthemum vulgare Rubus allegheniensis Asparagus officinalis Epilobium angustifoliumSolidago canadensisEuthamia graminifoliaAchillea millefolium var. collinaAnthemis cotulaEurybia macrophyllaArctium lappaSymphyotrichum laeve × novi-belgiiNepeta cataria Chamaenerion angustifolium

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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