Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationSphecodes albilabris
Sphecodes albilabris
Family: HalictidaeGenus: Sphecodesheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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20
Plants
visited
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25
Interactions
documented
About this species
A cleptoparasitic bee recorded in Great Britain, Sphecodes albilabris does not collect pollen but relies on the nests of other solitary bees. It is active from May to August.
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Visited plants
Annual cycle
Adults are active from May to August, with one generation per year.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
cleptoparasite
Generationen/Jahr
univoltin
Scientific profile
Sphecodes albilabris is a cleptoparasitic bee in the family Halictidae. Unlike pollen-collecting species, it does not provision its own nest; instead, the female enters the nest of another solitary bee to lay her eggs. Adults are on the wing from May to August, producing a single generation each year. Females have an intertegular distance of 2.16 mm and a tongue length of 2.89 mm.
Visited plants
20 plants are visited by this species
Malus domesticaCirsium arvenseAchillea millefolium var. collinaOriganum vulgareMentha longifoliaTanacetum vulgareErigeron annuusJacobaea vulgarisSuccisella inflexaBellis perennisEupatorium cannabinumRudbeckia laciniataMelilotus albusEryngium campestreEchinops sphaerocephalus subsp. sphaerocephalusSolidago canadensisPotentilla incanaSaponaria officinalisLysimachia arvensisEryngium maritimum
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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