Diet Overlap

Apis mellifera (honey bee)
Cnephasia asseclana (Flax Tortrix Moth)

Common Diet

Anemone nemorosa (European thimbleweed)
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)
Cirsium vulgare (Spear Thistle)
Daucus carota (bird's nest)
Rubus idaeus (Raspberry)
Taraxacum campylodes (Dandelion)

Common Habitat

Fenland
Fenn`s, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney Mosses
Morecambe Bay
Sefton Coast
Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Ecology of Commanster
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 3Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández