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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies
  7. Large Squash Bees
  8. Squash Bees
  9. Pruinose Squash Bee

species 4,561 observations

Pruinose Squash Bee

Xenoglossa pruinosa

Status
native
Pollen
Specialist on Cucurbita
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

22 native plants
support it in the US
  • Pollen hosts Plants whose pollen its young are raised on Buffalo Gourd, Coyote Melon, Finger-leaved Gourd 3
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Nuttall's Sunflower, Common Milkweed, Common Sunflower, Buttonbush 19

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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