Bumblebee-like Digger Bee

Anthophora bomboides native bee

A fast-flying, soil-nesting solitary digger bee. Foraging: a broad generalist (polylectic).

8 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alberta PenstemonPenstemon albertinuswildflower · May-JulAscending MilkvetchAstragalus laxmanniiwildflower · Jun-JulCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulyShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–August