Specialist bees on Pale Sunflower

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

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee Megachile xylocopoides Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more 1 record on sunflowers
Oblique Longhorn Bee Epimelissodes obliquus Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia and 4 more 1 record on sunflowers
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee Melissodes trinodis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more 1 record on sunflowers
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee Megachile pugnata Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more 1 record on sunflowers
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more 1 record on sunflowers
Denticulate Longhorn Bee Melissodes denticulatus Pollen specialist on Helianthus and Vernonia 1 record on sunflowers
Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more 1 record on sunflowers
Sunflower Chimney Bee Diadasia enavata Pollen specialist on Helianthus 1 record on sunflowers
Curved Pebble Bee Dianthidium curvatum Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Grindelia and 1 more 1 record on sunflowers
Sunflower Mining Bee Andrena helianthi Pollen specialist on Helianthus 1 record on sunflowers
Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee Paranthidium jugatorium Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 6 more 1 record on sunflowers
Giant Sweat Bee Dieunomia heteropoda Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more 1 record on sunflowers
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more 1 record on sunflowers
Melissodes dentiventris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more 1 record on sunflowers
Broad-banded Longhorn Bee Epimelissodes petulcus Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Rudbeckia and 4 more 1 record on sunflowers
Nevada Nomia Dieunomia nevadensis Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more 1 record on sunflowers
Valiant Long-horned Bee Melissodes illatus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more 1 record on sunflowers
Agile Longhorn Bee Melissodes agilis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more 1 record on sunflowers
Megachile fortis Pollen specialist on Helianthus 1 record on sunflowers
Yellow-faced Miner Bee Andrena aliciae Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 3 more 1 record on sunflowers
Sandhills Longhorn Bee Epimelissodes aegis Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Helianthus, Chrysopsis and 2 more 1 record on sunflowers
White-winged Fairy Bee Perdita albipennis Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 4 more 1 record on sunflowers
Two-spotted Miner Bee Andrena accepta Pollen specialist on Helianthus and Grindelia 1 record on sunflowers
Swenk's Fairy Bee Perdita swenki Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 1 more 1 record on sunflowers
Protandrena albitarsis Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Rudbeckia and 3 more 1 record on sunflowers
Rugose Spurred-Miner Protandrena rugosa Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Bidens, Silphium and 2 more 1 record on sunflowers
Protandrena labrosa Pollen specialist on Helianthus and Rudbeckia 1 record on sunflowers
American Cellophane Bee Colletes americanus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 4 more 1 record on sunflowers
Pigmented Miner Bee Andrena chromotricha Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Helianthus 1 record on sunflowers
Sunflower Shortface Dufourea marginata Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Grindelia and 1 more 1 record on sunflowers
Big-cheeked Angled-Mason Ashmeadiella bucconis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Helianthus and 23 more 1 record on sunflowers
Dieunomia bolliana Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Helenium and 1 more 1 record on sunflowers
Zebra Resin-Leafcutter Trachusa zebrata Pollen specialist on Helianthus and Encelia 1 record on sunflowers
Haynes' Mining Bee Andrena haynesi Pollen specialist on Helianthus 1 record on sunflowers
Melissodes bidentis Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Bidens and Rudbeckia 1 record on sunflowers
Melissodes wheeleri Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis and 9 more 1 record on sunflowers

Yellow-faced Miner Bee

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Specialist bees · handed down from sunflowers

What the records say

Host to · as larvae 1 record on sunflowers
Recorded on sunflowers, and handed down to its species.
- Fowler & Droege, Pollen Specialist Bees 1 record
  
  A specialist bee's young are raised on its host plant's pollen, so the plant is a larval host.
Flowers visited by 8 records
- iNaturalist 8 records
  
  iNaturalist community observations of species interactions.
Read by a rule · 2 records

Bees gather pollen and nectar, so a host record is a visit to the flowers.
References
and 1 more
Visited by 1 record
- AMNH Hymenoptera 1 record
  
  American Museum of Natural History Hymenoptera
Interacts with 5 records
- Ecdysis 3 records
  
  Ecdysis: a portal for arthropod collections data.
- Encyclopedia of Life text mining 2 records
  
  A. Thessen. 2014. Species associations extracted from EOL text data objects via text mining.
References
- A. Thessen. 2014. Species associations extracted from EOL text data objects via text mining. Accessed at <https://github.com/EOL/pseudonitzchia/archive/e5838965a186fba4b7215cd0d179c4526773bad5.zip> on 13 Jul 2026.