Image to followAI-generated illustrationOsmia spinulosa
Osmia spinulosa
Family: MegachilidaeGenus: Osmianative in Germany
native in Germany
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42
Plants
visited
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51
Interactions
documented
About this species
Osmia spinulosa is a small bee recorded in Great Britain. It flies from May to September and collects pollen from a limited range of flowers, as it is an oligolectic species. Females have a tongue length of about 3.5 mm and an inter-tegular distance of 1.9 mm.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults are active from May to September.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligolektisch
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Osmia spinulosa belongs to the family Megachilidae and the genus Osmia. It is a univoltine species, completing one generation per year, with adults present from May through September. The bee is oligolectic, specialising on pollen from a narrow spectrum of host plants. Recorded female morphology includes an inter-tegular distance of 1.94 mm and a tongue length of 3.54 mm.
Visited plants
42 plants are visited by this species
Leontodon hispidusRanunculus linguaClematis vitalbaPotentilla reptansJacobaea vulgarisCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareFicaria vernaInula heleniumRanunculus repensRanunculus aquatilisPulicaria dysentericaScorzoneroides autumnalisDaucus carotaHelminthotheca echioidesSenecio squalidusCrepis capillarisRanunculus flammulaRubus fruticosusCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraPentanema squarrosumHelianthus annuusJacobaea aquaticaRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusSonchus arvensisConvolvulus arvensisScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisJacobaea erucifoliaRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusCirsium acauleSenecio vulgaris subsp. vulgarisKnautia arvensisPicris hieracioides subsp. grandifloraLeucanthemum vulgarePilosella officinarumGeranium sanguineumCentaurea jaceaCentaurea scabiosaCrepis biennisCarduus crispusOriganum vulgareCichorium intybusScabiosa ochroleuca
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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