Specialist bees on Pussy Willow

10 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Colourful Willow Miner Bee

on Pussy Willow

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Specialist bees · handed down from willows

What the records say

  • Host to · as larvae 1 record on willows

    Recorded on willows, and handed down to its species.

  • Flowers visited by 4 records on willows

    Recorded on willows, and handed down to its species.

    • Carril OM, Griswold T, Haefner J, Wilson JS. (2018) Wild bees of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument: richness, abundance, and spatio-temporal beta-diversity. PeerJ 6:e5867 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5867

    Read by a rule · 4 records

    Bees gather pollen and nectar, so a host record is a visit to the flowers.

  • Visited by 3 records on willows

    Recorded on willows, and handed down to its species.