Image to followAI-generated illustrationSphecodes gibbus
Sphecodes gibbus
Family: HalictidaeGenus: Sphecodesnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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18
Plants
visited
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19
Interactions
documented
About this species
A univoltine cleptoparasitic bee, active from March to August. The female has an inter-tegular distance of 1.72 mm and a tongue length of 2.32 mm.
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Visited plants
Yearly cycle
Adults are active from March to August, producing a single generation each year (univoltine).
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
cleptoparasite
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Sphecodes gibbus is a cleptoparasitic bee in the family Halictidae. It is univoltine, with adults present from March to August. The female inter-tegular distance is 1.72 mm and the tongue length is 2.32 mm. The species is recorded as present in Great Britain by the United Kingdom Species Inventory.
Visited plants
18 plants are visited by this species
Jacobaea vulgarisReseda luteaTripleurospermum inodorumPulicaria dysentericaDaucus carotaPastinaca sativa subsp. urensAchillea millefolium var. collinaRubus fruticosusCirsium arvenseTrifolium dubiumPrimula vulgarisSolidago canadensisLobularia maritimaVeronica politaTaraxacum officinaleMalus domesticaMelilotus officinalisAchillea setacea
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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