Image to followAI-generated illustrationOsmia caerulescens
Osmia caerulescens
Family: MegachilidaeGenus: Osmianative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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40
Plants
visited
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44
Interactions
documented
About this species
A small megachilid bee recorded in Great Britain, with females having an inter-tegular distance of 2.37 mm and a tongue length of 4.28 mm.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Active from March to July. It may have one or two generations per year (univoltine or bivoltine).
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polylektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine/bivoltine
Scientific profile
Osmia caerulescens is a member of the family Megachilidae. The female has an inter-tegular distance of 2.37 mm and a tongue length of 4.28 mm. It is polylectic, collecting pollen from a variety of plant families. The bee has been recorded in Great Britain, though its residence status is not determined. Flight period extends from March to July, and it is reported to be either univoltine or bivoltine.
Visited plants
40 plants are visited by this species
Stachys alpinaCymbalaria muralis subsp. muralisAngelica sylvestris subsp. bernardiaecotoneaster bullatusHyacinthoides non-scriptaRubus fruticosusAllium ursinumNepeta catariaTrifolium pratenseOnonis spinosa subsp. austriacaCotoneaster horizontalisStachys sylvaticaAllium schoenoprasumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisSymphytum officinaleLeucanthemum vulgareLamium purpureum var. incisumVicia villosa subsp. villosaOnobrychis viciifoliaHedera helix subsp. helixSalvia officinalisEchium vulgareLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusLamium albumAquilegia vulgarisTaraxacum officinaleAjuga reptansGlechoma hederaceaMelissa officinalisMalus domesticaBrassica napus subsp. napusVicia craccaTrifolium repens subsp. repensRanunculus repensGeranium molle var. molleBarbarea vulgarisCampanula rapunculoidesMedicago sativaSyringa vulgarisMelilotus officinalis
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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