Mourning bee
Habropoda tristissima
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Dark, powerfully-built female bee with orange-tinted legs and thorax. Specialist pollinator of native herbs; solitary ground-nester active in early summer.
Plants that support Mourning bee
2 plants
Elegant Clarkia
Clarkia unguiculata
annual
Specialist Clarkia bee - critical for pollination Jun-Jul
Bay Area native