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Orange-legged Mallow Bee

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Orange-legged Mallow Bee

Diadasia ochracea

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Medium solitary bee with rusty legs and orange-yellow abdomen. Specializes on mallow flowers; active summer-fall. Critical pollinator for native mallows and desert marigold.

Plants that support Orange-legged Mallow Bee

1 plants

Chaparral Mallow

Malacothamnus fasciculatus

critical

shrub

Specialist mallophile bee; depends on mallow pollen and nectar for larvae provisioning

Bay Area native