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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies
  7. Melissodes
  8. Eumelissodes
  9. Melissodes bimatris
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What supports Melissodes bimatris

58 native plants
support it in the US
41 pollen hosts 17 flowers

Pollen hosts All

41 native plants whose pollen its young are raised on, most recorded first.

  • Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus keystone on sunflowers
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush Ericameria nauseosa on goldenbushes
  • Panicled Aster Symphyotrichum lanceolatum keystone on american asters
  • Broom Snakeweed Gutierrezia sarothrae on matchweeds
  • Smooth Blue Aster Symphyotrichum laeve keystone on american asters
  • Curlycup Gumweed Grindelia squarrosa on gumplants
  • Cobwebby Thistle Cirsium occidentale on plume thistles
  • White Heath Aster Symphyotrichum ericoides keystone on american asters
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Nectar plants All

17 native plants whose flowers it visits, most recorded first.

  • Spearleaf Rabbitbrush Lorandersonia linifolia
  • Broom-like Ragwort Senecio spartioides
  • Hoary Tansyaster Dieteria canescens
  • Hairy False Goldenaster Heterotheca villosa
  • Mountain Coyote Mint Monardella odoratissima
  • Small Wirelettuce Stephanomeria exigua
  • Snow Buckwheat Eriogonum niveum
  • Crispleaf Buckwheat Eriogonum corymbosum
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