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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies
  7. Common Digger Bees
  8. Lophanthophora
  9. Porter's Digger Bee

species 82 observations

Porter's Digger Bee

Anthophora porterae

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

Supported by All

129 native plants
support it in the US
  • Pollen hosts Plants whose pollen its young are raised on Freckled Milkvetch, Woollypod Milkvetch, Alpine Milkvetch, Laxmann's Milkvetch 121
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Large-leaved Lupine, Narrowleaf Willow, Desert Bluebells, Nuttall's Toothwort 8

Range

United States

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

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