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

species 197 observations

Nimble Squash Bee

Xenoglossa strenua

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

Field notes

Supported by All

37 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 Common Milkweed, Solomon's Plume, Eastern Redbud, Wild Bergamot 34

Range

United States

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

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