Polylectic: In Germany it is recorded as foraging for pollen from species in the plant families Caryophyllaceae, Liliaceae, Rosaceae and Plantaginaceae (Westrich, 1989).
In Finland, the species is reported to visit Potentilla, Fragaria vesca (Rosaceae), Geranium sylvaticum (Geraniaceae) Veronica (Plantaginaceae)(Söderman & Leinonen, 2003).
Tomozei & Radchenko (2015), citing others, state that it is widely polylectic, and the females visit flowers of many plants of the families Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Brassiaceae, Campanulaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Ericaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Plantaginaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae and Scrophulariaceae, but more often on Rosaceae and Asteraceae. It nests in small colonies, often in open fields.
Dardón Peralta (2010), citing others, reports it as visiting Heracleum, Aegopodium podragraria, Conopodium denudatum (Apiaceae); Bellis perennis, Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae); Brassicaceae; Campanulaceae; Cornus sanguinea (Cornaceae); Hyacinthoides nutans (Hyacinthaceae); Fabaceae; Fragaria vesca, Potentilla erecta, Potentilla reptans, Potentilla verna (Rosaceae); Gagea lutea (Liliaceae); Ranunculaceae; Salix (Salicaceae); Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae); Veronica chamaedrys (Plantaginaceae).