Category: Paranthidium
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Sunflower burrowing-resin bee (Paranthidium jugatorium)
Megachilidae > Paranthidium > Paranthidium jugatorium Sunflower burrowing-resin bee (Paranthidium jugatorium) is an uncommon, distinctive bee found on sunflowers. P. jugatorium is common in both forests and nearby gardens within their range, but in the northeast, this range is seemingly restricted to high-elevation alkaline soils such as the Berkshires in Massachusetts or the Green Mountains…
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Paranthidium
Paranthidium are tiny, compact anthidiines, with only a single member of the genus in eastern North America. They are ground-nesting, either digging their own tunnels or co-opting the abandoned tunnels of other bees, and line their nests with plant resins and occasionally pebbles. Our sole northeastern species, P. jugatorium, prefers medium-sized yellow composites like Helianthus…