Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationAndrena ovatula
Andrena ovatula
Family: AndrenidaeGenus: Andrenaheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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21
Plants
visited
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28
Interactions
documented
About this species
Andrena ovatula is a small mining bee recorded in Great Britain. It belongs to the genus Andrena within the family Andrenidae. The species is bivoltine, producing two generations each year, and its flight period extends from March to August. It is an oligolectic bee, meaning it collects pollen from a narrow range of host plants.
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Visited plants
Annual cycle
March to August, with two generations per year (bivoltine).
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligolektisch
Generationen/Jahr
bivoltin
Scientific profile
A bivoltine, oligolectic mining bee of the family Andrenidae. Activity occurs from March to August. Females have an inter-tegular distance of 2.23 mm and a tongue length of 2.29 mm.
Visited plants
21 plants are visited by this species
Malus domesticaMedicago lupulinaErica cinereaArmeria maritima subsp. serpentiniErica tetralixAnthriscus sylvestrisCalluna vulgarisCytisus scopariusLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusPulicaria dysentericaUlex europaeus subsp. europaeusCirsium palustreCirsium arvenseTrifolium pratenseTrifolium repens subsp. repensTrifolium hybridumTrifolium campestreLeucanthemum vulgareBrassica oleracea subsp. oleraceaMedicago sativaTrifolium alexandrinum
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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