Halictus ligatus

Halictus ligatus native bee

Sweat bees, widespread across the prairies.

56 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBroomweedGutierrezia sarothraeshrub · August-OctoberCanada AnemoneAnemonastrum canadensegroundcover · May-JulyCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberElegant GoldenrodSolidago lepidawildflower · August-SeptemberField PussytoesAntennaria neglectagroundcover · May-JuneFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberFuzzy-tongue PenstemonPenstemon eriantheruswildflower · May-JulGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberGreater Northern AsterCanadanthus modestuswildflower · July–SeptemberGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberHeart-leaved ArnicaArnica cordifoliawildflower · May-JulyHoary AsterDieteria canescenswildflower · July-SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberMeadow ArnicaArnica fulgenswildflower · May–JulyNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepNuttall's SunflowerHelianthus nuttalliiwildflower · August–SeptemberPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberSandbar WillowSalix interiorshrub · Apr-MayShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Fleabane (Streamside Fleabane)Erigeron glabelluswildflower · June–AugustSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberTufted FleabaneErigeron caespitosuswildflower · June–JulyTwin ArnicaArnica sororiawildflower · May-JulyWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWoolly GroundselPackera canawildflower · May–June

gathers pollen at

BlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustCommon AlumrootHeuchera richardsoniiwildflower · June–JulyMarsh AsterSymphyotrichum borealewildflower · July-SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–August

lays eggs on

Boreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-August