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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees
  7. Mason Bees
  8. Melanosmia
  9. Beardtongue Scraper Bee

species 27 observations

Beardtongue Scraper Bee

Osmia distincta

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

Field notes

Supported by All

23 native plants
support it in the US
  • Pollen hosts Plants whose pollen its young are raised on Foxglove Beardtongue, Hairy Beardtongue, Large-flowered Beardtongue, Eastern Gray Beardtongue 9
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits White-tubed Colicroot, Wild Geranium, Violet Woodsorrel, Common Dewberry 14

Range

United States

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

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