Specialist bees on Smooth Blue Aster

33 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Peaceful Miner Bee

on Smooth Blue Aster

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Specialist bees · handed down from american asters

What the records say

  • Host to · as larvae 1 record on american asters

    Recorded on american asters, and handed down to its species.

  • Flowers visited by 2 records on american asters

    Recorded on american asters, and handed down to its species.

    • Hale, Kayla R. S. and Curlis, John David and Auteri, Giorgia G. and Bishop, Sasha and French, Rowan L. K. and Jones, Lance E. and Mills, Kirby L. and Scholtens, Brian G. and Simons, Meagan and Thompson, Cody and Tourville, Jordon and Valdovinos, Fernanda S. (2024). A highly resolved network reveals the role of terrestrial herbivory in structuring aboveground food webs.

    Read by a rule · 2 records

    Bees gather pollen and nectar, so a host record is a visit to the flowers.

    References

    • Meagan Simons (Expert)
    • Jordon Tourville (Expert)