Image to followAI-generated illustrationSphecodes geoffrellus
Sphecodes geoffrellus
Family: HalictidaeGenus: Sphecodesnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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25
Plants
visited
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26
Interactions
documented
About this species
A small cleptoparasitic bee recorded in Great Britain, active from April through August. It belongs to the family Halictidae and produces a single generation each year.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
A single generation is produced each year, with adults active from April to August. Females locate host nests to deposit eggs; the developing larvae feed on the host's provisions. The next generation emerges the following spring.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
cleptoparasite
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Sphecodes geoffrellus is a univoltine bee, completing one generation per year. It is a cleptoparasite, laying its eggs in the nests of other bee species, where its larvae consume the host's pollen and nectar stores. Adult females have an intertegular distance of 1.07 millimetres and a tongue length of 1.47 millimetres. The species is known from Great Britain.
Visited plants
25 plants are visited by this species
Daucus carotaLophiolepis eriophoraCirsium palustreStellaria mediaCirsium heterophyllumCirsium acauleScorzoneroides autumnalisCirsium dissectumStellaria nemorumstellaria gramineaCirsium arvenseCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCirsium tuberosumStellaria holosteaPastinaca sativa subsp. urensHeracleum sphondyliumLeontodon hispidusTripleurospermum inodorumTorilis japonicaPotentilla vernaAchillea millefolium var. collinaSalix repensLeucanthemum vulgareBrassica rapaLepidium draba
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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