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Colletes hederae (Ivy Bee)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Colletes hederae Female imago 16 October 2004 Dorset England 1 3
Colletes hederae Male imago 16 October 2004 Dorset England 1 5

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Edwards, M., 2006, Female Colletes hederae at Ivy, British Wildlife, Vol 27, No 3: 207 (Colour photograph) Female Colletes hederae at Ivy
Mahe, G., 2008 Observations en Loire Atlantique (France) de Stenoria analis (Schaum) (Coleoptera, Meloidae), cleptoparasite de Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)

Colletes hederae may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Colletes hederae is associated with:

Photos adult Hedera helix - Ivy (Araliaceae) adult is collected from pollen Edwards, M., 2006, Female Colletes hederae at Ivy, British Wildlife, Vol 27, No 3: 207

There may be more taxa associated with Colletes hederae listed at higher taxonomic level

HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

Associated with Colletes hederae:

female female may give a ride to triungulin larva Stenoria analis (Coleoptera: Meloidae) Mahe, G., 2008
pollen store pollen store is kleptoparasitised larva Stenoria analis (Coleoptera: Meloidae) Mahe, G., 2008

Colletes hederae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA

References

Edwards, M., 2006, Female Colletes hederae at Ivy, British Wildlife, Vol 27, No 3: 207 Female Colletes hederae at Ivy
Mahe, G., 2008 Observations en Loire Atlantique (France) de Stenoria analis (Schaum) (Coleoptera, Meloidae), cleptoparasite de Colletes hederae Schmidt & Westrich (Hymenoptera, Colletidae)

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