Flowering Plants Visited
by Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata

Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata Lepeletier: Anthophoridae (Eucerini), Hymenoptera
(Observations are from Robertson, LaBerge, Reed, Smith et al., Grundel et al., Tuell et al., Mulvaney et al., Wilhelm & Rericha, and Discover Life.)

Acanthaceae: Justicia americana sn fq (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias tuberosa [plup sn] (LB); Asclepias verticillata [plpr sn fq] (Rb); Anacardiaceae: Rhus copallina [pist sn] (Rb); Apiaceae: Cicuta maculata sn (Rb); Asteraceae: Arctium minus sn (Rb), Arnoglossum muhlenbergii sn (Rb), Aster lanceolatus (LB), Aster novae-angliae (LB), Bidens aristosa sn (Rb), Cichorium intybus (WR), Cirsium altissimum (WR), Cirsium discolor (WR), Cirsium hillii (WR), Cirsium vulgare sn (Rb), Conoclinium coelestinum sn cp (Rb), Echinacea purpurea sn (Rb), Eupatoriadelphus purpureus sn (Rb), Helenium autumnale (LB), Helianthus annuus (LB), Helianthus grosseserratus sn cp (Rb, WR), Helianthus tuberosus sn (Rb, WR), Ratibida pinnata sn fq (Rb, Smh, WR), Rudbeckia hirta (LB), Rudbeckia triloba sn (Rb), Silphium laciniatum sn (Rb), Silphium perfoliatum sn (Rb, Tll), Sonchus arvensis (WR), Vernonia fasciculata sn (Rb), Vernonia missurica (WR); Balsaminaceae: Impatiens capensis sn (Rb); Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista fasciculata [flwr cp] (Rb); Campanulaceae: Campanulastrum americanum sn (Rb); Caprifoliaceae: Symphoricarpos occidentalis (LB), Symphoricarpos orbiculatus sn (Rb); Convolvulaceae: Calystegia sepium sn (Rb), Ipomoea pandurata sn cp fq (Rb), Ipomoea purpurea sn (Rb); Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbita pepo sn (Rb), Echinocystis lobata sn (Rb), Sicyos angulatus sn cp (Rb); Dipsacaceae: Dipsacus fullonum sn (Rb); Fabaceae: Apios americana sn/cp (WR), Astragalus canadensis sn (Rb), Baptisia tinctoria (LB), Dalea purpurea sn cp fq (Rb, Re, Smh, WR), Desmodium canadense cp (Rb), Desmodium cuspidatum cp (Rb), Desmodium glabellum/perplexum cp (Rb), Desmodium paniculatum cp (Rb), Lespedeza procumbens sn (Rb), Medicago sativa (DL), Melilotus officinalis (Smh), Orbexilum onobrychis sn (Rb), Trifolium pratense sn (Rb); Lamiaceae: Agastache nepetoides sn (Rb), Blephilia hirsuta sn fq (Rb), Monarda fistulosa sn cp fq (Rb, Re), Monarda punctata (LB, Tll, WR), Nepeta cataria sn fq (Rb), Prunella vulgaris sn (Rb, WR), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn fq (Rb), Pycnanthemum virginianum (WR), Scutellaria lateriflora sn (Rb), Stachys palustris sn fq (Rb), Teucrium canadense sn fq (Rb); Liliaceae: Allium cernuum (WR); Lobeliaceae: Lobelia siphilitica (LB), Lobelia spicata sn (Rb); Lythraceae: Cuphea viscosissima sn fq (Rb), Lythrum alatum sn (Rb, Smh), Lythrum salicaria (WR); Malvaceae: Abutilon theophrastii sn cp fq (Rb), Alcea rosea sn cp (WR), Callirhoe involucrata (WR), Hibiscus lasiocarpos sn (Rb), Hibiscus laevis (WR), Hibiscus moscheutos (WR), Malva neglecta sn (Rb); Mimosaceae: Desmanthus illinoensis (Smh); Onagraceae: Gaura biennis sn cp (Rb), Oenothera biennis cp (Rb); Oxalidaceae: Oxalis stricta sn (Rb); Polygonaceae: Persicaria pensylvanica sn (Rb); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn (Rb), Hedyotis nigricans (Smh); Scrophulariaceae: Agalinis purpurea (WR), Aureolaria grandiflora sn cp (Rb), Aureolaria pedicularia (Gnd),  Dasistoma macrophylla sn cp (Rb, WR), Physostegia virginiana sn (Rb), Scrophularia marilandica sn fq (Rb), Tomanthera auriculata sn cp (Mlv, WR), Veronicastrum virginianum sn fq (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata sn (Rb, WR), Verbena stricta sn fq icp (Rb, Tll, WR), Verbena urticifolia sn (Rb)

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