Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus 1761) (Family Apidae)


Male

Female

Length Queen Worker Male
Body16-18mm10-15mm12-14mm
Forewing13mm9mm11mm
Proboscis12-14mm10-12mm9-11mm

Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? ? ? April - October
(Earliest: 9.4)

Biotopes:
Meadows

Hedge Rows

Wet Meadows
Food:
Lamium album Nectar, Pollen

Lamium purpureum Nectar, Pollen

Cirsium palustre Nectar, Pollen

Angelica sylvestris Nectar, Pollen

Vicia cracca Nectar, Pollen

Succisa pratensis Nectar

Atlas Hymenoptera: Bombus sylvarum Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Bombus sylvarum
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Bombus sylvarum
Wildbienen: Wald- bzw. Bunthummel: Bombus sylvarum
Insektenbox: Waldhummel


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