Specialist bees among native leafcutter, mortar, and resin bees
18 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of plants, by observations.
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Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee
Megachile xylocopoides
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more
7,722 observations
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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee
Megachile pugnata
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus and 3 more
3,160 observations
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Bellflower Resin Bee
Megachile campanulae
Pollen specialist on Campanula and Campanulastrum
1,799 observations
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Parallel Leafcutter Bee
Megachile parallela
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more
1,727 observations
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Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee
Megachile melanophaea
Pollen specialist on Astragalus, Lupinus and Hedysarum
1,521 observations
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Horn-faced Leafcutter Bee
Megachile fidelis
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 20 more
964 observations
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Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile inimica
Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more
788 observations
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Megachile fortis
Pollen specialist on Helianthus
292 observations
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Megachile nevadensis
Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Cirsium and 7 more
16 observations
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Megachile subnigra
Pollen specialist on Senecio, Cirsium, Ericameria and 7 more
9 observations
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Megachile wheeleri
Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Ericameria and 4 more
9 observations
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Desert-willow Resin Bee
Megachile chilopsidis
Pollen specialist on Prosopis, Psorothamnus and Olneya
9 observations
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Golden-eardrops Resin Bee
Megachile davidsoni
Pollen specialist on Ehrendorferia
5 observations
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Megachile mellitarsis
Pollen specialist on Cirsium, Senecio, Grindelia and 2 more
4 observations
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Megachile townsendiana
Pollen specialist on Encelia, Baccharis, Chrysothamnus and 7 more
1 observations
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Megachile lobatifrons
Pollen specialist on Prosopis and Olneya
1 observations
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Megachile umatillensis
Pollen specialist on Oenothera
1 observations
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Newberry's Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile newberryae
Pollen specialist on Prosopis, Dalea and Vachellia
1 observations