Osmia bicolor

Family: MegachilidaeGenus: Osmianative in Germany

native in Germany

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Plants

visited

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Interactions

documented

About this species

A wild bee with a female intertegular distance of 2.72 mm and a tongue length of 4.89 mm. It has a single generation per year, flying from April to July, and is polylectic, visiting blossoms of many different plant species.

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Visited plants

Yearly cycle

Univoltineadults fly from April to July, completing a single annual generation.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylektisch

Generationen/Jahr

univoltin

Scientific profile

Osmia bicolor is a member of the family Megachilidae. It is univoltine, with one generation each year. Adults are active between April and July. The species is polylectic, gathering pollen from a wide array of flowers. Recorded female measurements give an intertegular distance of 2.72 mm and a tongue length of 4.89 mm.

Visited plants

63 plants are visited by this species

Centaurea nigra subsp. nigraViola tricolorPastinaca sativa subsp. urensTrifolium pratense Echium vulgare Aria edulisValeriana officinalisRosa arvensis Potentilla anserina Ranunculus aquatilisRosa rugosaLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusMalus sylvestrisVeronica officinalis Rubus caesius Vicia faba Bellis perennis Rubus spectabilis Rubus fruticosusRosa spinosissimaRubus idaeus Viola hirta Viola arvensis Hippocrepis comosa Viola odorata Ranunculus repensLamium purpureum var. incisumHelianthemum nummulariumUlex europaeus subsp. europaeusCrataegus monogyna Pentaglottis sempervirens Ranunculus flammulaMalus domesticaRosa canina var. dumalisRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusLamium albumOnobrychis viciifoliaRosa rubiginosa Sorbus aucuparia Ranunculus lingua Glechoma hederacea Viola rivinianaRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusBryonia dioica Leucanthemum vulgare Polygala vulgaris Taraxacum officinale Veronica chamaedrysPulsatilla vulgaris var. vulgarisTrifolium repens subsp. repens

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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