Orange-legged Furrow Bee

Halictus rubicundus native bee

Social sweat bee nesting in bare soil; generalist on composites.

70 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada AnemoneAnemonastrum canadensegroundcover · May-JulyCanada BuffaloberryShepherdia canadensisshrub · MayChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyField ChickweedCerastium arvensegroundcover · May-JulyFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustMoss PhloxPhlox hoodiigroundcover · Apr-JunMountain HollyhockIliamna rivulariswildflower · Jul-AugNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRed BaneberryActaea rubrawildflower · May-JuneRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulySaskatoon BerryAmelanchier alnifoliashrub · May–JuneSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild ClematisClematis ligusticifoliavine · July–AugustWild MintMentha canadensiswildflower · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWoodland StrawberryFragaria vescagroundcover · May–JuneWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-June

gathers pollen at

Boreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyFalse Solomon's SealMaianthemum amplexicaulewildflower · May-JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFringed LoosestrifeLysimachia ciliatawildflower · Jun-AugLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberMarsh Hedge NettleStachys pilosawildflower · July-AugustMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPink PussytoesAntennaria roseagroundcover · May–JulyPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustStar-flowered Solomon's SealMaianthemum stellatumherb · May–JuneSwitchgrassPanicum virgatumgrass · August–SeptemberThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild Lily-of-the-valleyMaianthemum canadensegroundcover · May–JuneWild MintMentha canadensiswildflower · July–AugustWild SarsaparillaAralia nudicaulisherb · JuneWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-Aug