#3563 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

White-lipped Blood Bee

🇳🇱 Grote bloedbij ·Sphecodes albilabris

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Zdeňka Nováková · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. Botlek, Rotterdam, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. 2114 Vogelenzang, Netherlands:© Milo "Bulle" van Loon · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 2114 Vogelenzang, Netherlands:© Milo "Bulle" van Loon · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Heemstede, Netherlands:© Milo "Bulle" van Loon · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9459 Balloerveld, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Groesbeek, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sphecodes albilabris is a solitary parasitic bee that is endemic to Central and Western Europe. The larvae of this species are parasites to Colletes cunicularius .

base stats

NL sightings 71iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,032iNaturalist observations

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).