Taxonomy
Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes | Hairy Footed Flower Bee
Pre 2017
2017 - 2020
Status
Conservation status
Not Assessed
Species Biology
Identification
- Large-sized solitary species (13-15mm)
- Female with black body hairs and orange hindleg hairs
- Male with light brown body hairs with long hairs on midlegs
- Male with yellow marking on the face
Habitat
The first Irish records were from a domestic garden. Elsewhere this species inhabits urban and suburban parks, gardens, woodland edges and coastal soft-rock cliffs
Flight period
An early spring species, flying between Mid-March - late May
Nesting biology
Nests both in vertical faces of cliffs, dry soil, quarry slopes and mortar in old walls.
Flowers visited
Polylectic - visiting Pulmonaria, Primula, Lamium, Glechoma, Symphytum, Ulex and others
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2025
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References
Publications
Flowers visited & World distribution: Westrich, P. (1989) Die Wildbienen Baden-Württembergs. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, Germany.