Specialist bees among native sweat bees
30 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of plants, by observations.
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Giant Sweat Bee
Dieunomia heteropoda
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
950 observations
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Nevada Nomia
Dieunomia nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Heterotheca, Baccharis and 9 more
680 observations
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Red-tailed Micro-Shortface
Micralictoides ruficaudus
Pollen specialist on Eschscholzia
361 observations
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Beebalm Shortface
Dufourea monardae
Pollen specialist on Monarda
329 observations
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Phacelia Shortface
Dufourea mulleri
Pollen specialist on Phacelia and Nemophila
196 observations
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Pickerelweed Shortface
Dufourea novaeangliae
Pollen specialist on Pontederia
164 observations
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Ground Cherry Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum pectinatum
Pollen specialist on Physalis
97 observations
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Texas Nocturnal Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum texanum
Pollen specialist on Oenothera
78 observations
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Black Shortface
Dufourea maura
Pollen specialist on Campanula
76 observations
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Evening Primrose Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum oenotherae
Pollen specialist on Oenothera
70 observations
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Barrel Cactus Shortface
Dufourea echinocacti
Pollen specialist on Ferocactus and Echinocactus
54 observations
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Baker's Phacelia-Shortface
Conanthalictus bakeri
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
54 observations
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Two-celled Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum lustrans
Pollen specialist on Eurybia and Pyrrhopappus
46 observations
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Bicuspidaria Blazingstar-Shortface
Xeralictus bicuspidariae
Pollen specialist on Mentzelia
40 observations
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All-blue Shortface
Dufourea holocyanea
Pollen specialist on Symphoricarpos
31 observations
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Dufourea trochantera
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
23 observations
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Water-lily Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum nelumbonis
Pollen specialist on Nymphaea, Nuphar and Nelumbo
22 observations
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Sunflower Shortface
Dufourea marginata
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Grindelia and 1 more
19 observations
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Dieunomia bolliana
Pollen specialist on Helianthus, Coreopsis, Helenium and 1 more
18 observations
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Western Evening Primrose Sweat Bee
Lasioglossum lusorium
Pollen specialist on Oenothera
14 observations
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University Nomia
Nomia universitatis
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Pediomelum and Ladeania
13 observations
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Timberlake's Blazingstar-Shortface
Xeralictus timberlakei
Pollen specialist on Mentzelia
13 observations
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Dufourea calochorti
Pollen specialist on Calochortus
10 observations
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Dieunomia triangulifera
Pollen specialist on Helianthus
8 observations
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Bellflower Shortface
Dufourea campanulae
Pollen specialist on Campanula
6 observations
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Dufourea versatilis
Pollen specialist on Mimulus
5 observations
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Lasioglossum noctivaga
Pollen specialist on Oenothera
5 observations
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Conanthalictus wilmattae
Pollen specialist on Phacelia
3 observations
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Dufourea afasciata
Pollen specialist on Trifolium
1 observations
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Conanthalictus mentzeliae
Pollen specialist on Mentzelia
1 observations