Image to followAI-generated illustrationNomada ruficornis
Nomada ruficornis
Family: ApidaeGenus: Nomadanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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23
Plants
visited
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24
Interactions
documented
About this species
A small, univoltine cuckoo bee with a cleptoparasitic lifestyle, active from April to June.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults are active from April to June, with a single generation each year.
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Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
cleptoparasite
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Nomada ruficornis is a cleptoparasitic bee in the family Apidae. It does not collect pollen but instead lays its eggs in the nests of other bee species. Females have an intertegular distance of 1.79 millimetres and a tongue length of 3.72 millimetres. The species is univoltine and adults are on the wing from April to June.
Visited plants
23 plants are visited by this species
Potentilla erecta subsp. erectaSalix cinereaVeronica chamaedrysSalix auritaSalix viminalisMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioidesSalix pentandraEuphorbia amygdaloidesAngelica sylvestris subsp. bernardiaeSalix fragilisAcer pseudoplatanusSalix repensSalix capreaSalix alba subsp. coeruleaFilipendula vulgarisMalus domesticaMyosotis arvensis subsp. arvensisUlex europaeus subsp. europaeusConium maculatumHeracleum sphondyliumVaccinium vitis-idaeaTaraxacum officinaleVicia faba
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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