#3608 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Ivy Cellophane Bee
🇳🇱 Klimopbij ·Colletes hederae
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what is it?
Colletes hederae , the ivy bee , is a species of plasterer bee belonging to the family Colletidae subfamily Colletinae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 31 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,222 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Ivy Cellophane Bee
- Nederlands
- Klimopbij
- scientific name
- Colletes hederae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Colletidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 31
- sightings in Europe
- 4,271
- sightings worldwide
- 6,222
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,345
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Colletidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 433481, Wikidata Q451843, GBIF 1348914, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.