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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
  6. Sunflower Family
  7. Pincushion Plants
  8. Chaenactis
  9. Desert Pincushion
  10. Supports
  11. Specialist bees

Specialist bees on Desert Pincushion

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

  • Colorado Mason Osmia coloradensis Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 3 more 1 record on pincushion plants
  • Osmia montana Pollen specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Senecio and 10 more 1 record on pincushion plants
  • Desert-dandelion Nomadopsis Calliopsis puellae Pollen specialist on Chaenactis, Malacothrix, Baileya and 1 more 1 record on pincushion plants
  • Calliopsis pugionis Pollen specialist on Chaenactis, Helianthus, Encelia and 3 more 1 record on pincushion plants
  • Desert Dandelion Fairy Bee Perdita malacothricis Pollen specialist on Chaenactis, Malacothrix, Stephanomeria and 3 more 1 record on pincushion plants
  • Big-cheeked Angled-Mason Ashmeadiella bucconis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Helianthus and 23 more 1 record on pincushion plants

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