Maryland Biodiversity Project - Florilegus condignus

Florilegus condignus (Cresson, 1878)

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Hymenoptera > Family Apidae > Genus Florilegus Florilegus condignus - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/3198

A true wetland specialist.

Feeds young exclusively on pollen from Pickerelweed (S. Droege, pers. comm.).

There are 12 records in the project database.

A Florilegus condignus collected at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. (4/19/2013). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Florilegus condignus collected in Charles Co., Maryland. Photographed by Wayne Boo. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Florilegus condignus (back) in Charles Co., Maryland. Photographed by Wayne Boo. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Florilegus condignus (face) in Charles Co., Maryland. Photographed by Wayne Boo. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

Florilegus condignus in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (7/3/2021). (c) dansmall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

Florilegus condignus in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (7/12/2020). (c) dansmall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Dan Small. (MBP list)

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