Image to followAI-generated illustrationOsmia bicornis
Osmia bicornis
Family: MegachilidaeGenus: Osmianative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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83
Plants
visited
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94
Interactions
documented
About this species
A univoltine, polylectic solitary bee recorded in the United Kingdom. Females have an inter-tegular distance of 3.08 mm and a tongue length of 5.51 mm. The flight period extends from March to June.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults fly from March to June, producing a single generation each year.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Osmia bicornis is a univoltine solitary bee of the family Megachilidae. It is polylectic, collecting pollen from a wide range of plant families. The recorded flight period lasts from March to June. Females have an inter-tegular distance of 3.08 mm and a tongue length of 5.51 mm.
Visited plants
83 plants are visited by this species
Thymus praecoxRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosuscotoneaster bullatusMalus domesticaRanunculus repensAllium ursinumAria edulisNepeta catariaGeranium pyrenaicumBrassica napus subsp. napusRanunculus flammulaHyacinthoides hispanicaRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusBrassica nigraVeronica spicataPyrus communisRubus fruticosusFicaria vernaAjuga reptansGeranium dissectumAcer pseudoplatanusCotoneaster horizontalisMalus sylvestrisGeranium sylvaticumCymbalaria muralis subsp. muralisLamium albumThymus serpyllumMyosotis arvensis subsp. arvensisSorbus aucupariaRanunculus aquatilisErysimum cheiriMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioidesGeranium pratenseGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumVeronica persicaGeranium molle var. molleRanunculus linguaVeronica anagallis-aquaticaAlliaria petiolataLamium purpureum var. incisumCrataegus monogynaVeronica officinalisGeranium robertianum var. maritimumHyacinthoides non-scriptaBrassica rapaThymus pulegioidesIlex aquifoliumBrassica oleracea subsp. oleraceaGlechoma hederaceaCrepis capillaris
Sources & data origin
•SAFEGUARD Pollinator Traits — CC BY 4.0SAFEGUARD Pollinator Traits contributors (wild-bee release 2024-09-22; hoverfly release 2024-03-26).
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•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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