Flowering Plants Visited
by Megachile mendica
Megachile mendica Cresson: Megachilidae (Megachilini), Hymenoptera
(Observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Mitchell, Reed, Evans, Betz et al., Clinebell, Cane et al., Steury et al., Smith et al., Grundel et al., Discover Life, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Stevens.)
Anacardiaceae: Rhus copallinum [pist sn] [unsp] (Rb, Gnd, WR); Apiaceae: Cicuta maculata (Mch), Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb, Gnd); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias hirtella [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias lanuginosa [plup sn] (Btz), Asclepias purpurascens [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias sullivanti [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias syriaca [plup sn] (Gnd, WR), Asclepias tuberosa [plup sn] (Ev, Gnd); Asteraceae: Ageratina altissima sn cp (Rb, Gr), Anthemis cotula (DL), Aster sp. (Smh), Aster drummondii sn (Gr, WR), Aster furcatus sn (Rb), Aster laevis sn (Gr), Aster lanceolatus (Stv), Aster lateriflorus sn cp (Rb), Aster macrophyllus sn (Gr), Aster pilosus sn (Rb), Aster sagittifolius sn (Rb), Bidens aristosa sn cp (Rb), Bidens cernua sn (Rb), Bidens coronata (WR), Bidens polylepis (WR), Boltonia asterioides sn (Rb), Centaurea cyanus (Stv), Chrysopsis sp. (Smh), Cichorium intybus (DL), Conoclinium coelestinum sn cp (Rb), Coreopsis sp. (Smh), Coreopsis lanceolata (Gnd, WR), Coreopsis palmata sn (Rb), Echinacea pallida sn (Rb), Erigeron philadelphicus (Smh), Eupatoriadelphus maculatus (WR), Eupatoriadelphus purpureus (WR), Eupatorium perfoliatum cp (Rb, WR), Eupatorium serotinum sn cp (Rb, SDO), Euthamia graminifolia sn (Gr, WR), Helenium amarum (Smh), Helenium autumnale sn cp (Rb), Helianthus annuus sn cp (Rb), Helianthus divaricatus sn (Rb, Gnd), Helianthus occidentalis (Gnd, WR), Helianthus strumosus sn cp (Gr), Heliopsis helianthoides sn cp (Gr), Hieracium gronovii (Gnd), Hieracium umbellatum (WR), Leucanthemum vulgare (DL), Liatris cylindracea (Gnd), Liatris pycnostachya (Cl), Liatris spicata (SDO, Gnd, WR), Oligoneuron album (WR), Oligoneuron rigidum (Ev, WR), Parthenium integrifolium (WR), Ratibida pinnata sn cp (Rb, Gr), Rudbeckia hirta (Ev, Smh), Senecio anonymus (Smh), Silphium integrifolium sn (Rb), Silphium perfoliatum sn cp (Rb), Silphium terebinthinaceum (Gnd), Solidago sp. (Gnd), Solidago canadensis (Re, WR), Solidago gigantea (WR), Solidago juncea (Ev, WR), Solidago nemoralis (Ev, WR), Solidago ulmifolia (WR), Tanacetum vulgare (DL), Verbesina helianthoides sn cp (Rb), Vernonia fasciculata (WR), Vernonia gigantea fq (DL, WR), Vernonia missurica (WR); Balsaminaceae: Impatiens capensis cp np (Rb); Cactaceae: Opuntia humifusa (Mch); Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista fasciculata [flwr cp] [exfl sn] (Rb, WR); Campanulaceae: Campanulastrum americanum (WR), Triodanis perfoliata (Mch); Caprifoliaceae: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus sn (Rb); Ebenaceae: Diospyros virginiana [stam sn] [pist sn] (Rb); Ericaceae: Vaccinium stamineum cp (Cn); Fabaceae: Amorpha canescens (Re), Apios americana sn/cp fq (Rb, WR), Baptisia tinctoria (DL), Crotalaria sagittalis (Mch), Dalea foliosa (WR), Dalea purpurea (WR), Desmodium canadense cp (Rb), Desmodium glabellum/perplexum cp (Rb), Desmodium illinoense cp (Rb), Desmodium paniculatum cp (Rb, Gnd), Desmodium perplexum cp (WR), Lespedeza capitata (SDO, Gnd), Lespedeza procumbens sn cp (Rb), Lespedeza repens (DL), Lotus corniculatus (DL), Medicago sativa (Stv, DL), Melilotus officinalis (Smh), Orbexilum onobrychis sn cp fq (Rb), Psoralea tenuiflora (DL), Strophostyles helvola [flwr sn] (Rb), Tephrosia virginiana sn (Rb, Gnd), Trifolium repens sn (Rb); Hypericaceae: Hypericum prolificum cp (WR); Lamiaceae: Agastache scrophulariaefolia sn (Rb), Blephilia ciliata sn (Rb, Smh), Blephilia hirsuta sn fq (Rb), Lycopus americanus sn (Rb), Mentha × piperita (DL), Monarda bradburiana sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa (Ev, Cl), Monarda punctata (Gnd, WR), Nepeta cataria sn (Rb), Prunella vulgaris sn (Rb, Smh, DL), Pycnanthemum incanum (DL), Pycnanthemum pilosum sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn fq (Rb, SDO), Pycnanthemum virginianum (Re, WR), Salvia lyrata (Smh), Teucrium canadense sn (Rb, WR); Liliaceae: Allium cernuum (SDO), Camassia scilloides sn (Rb); Lythraceae: Lythrum alatum sn (Rb); Onagraceae: Gaura biennis cp (Rb), Oenothera biennis cp (Rb); Polygalaceae: Polygala sanguinea (WR); Polygonaceae: Antenoron virginianum sn (WR), Persicaria hydropiperoides sn (Rb), Persicaria longiseta (WR), Tracaulon sagittatum (WR); Rhamnaceae: Ceanothus americanus (DL); Rosaceae: Pentaphylloides floribunda (WR), Rosa rugosa (DL), Rosa setigera cp fq (Rb), Rubus allegheniensis sn (Rb, WR), Rubus argutus (DL), Rubus flagellaris sn (Rb, Ev); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis cp (Rb, SDO), Diodia teres (DL), Hedyotis nigricans fq (Smh, DL); Salicaceae: Salix interior [stam sn] (Rb); Scrophulariaceae: Agalinis purpurea (SDO, WR), Agalinis tenuifolia cp (Rb), Aureolaria grandiflora cp (Rb), Aureolaria pedicularia (Gnd), Tomanthera auriculata sn cp (WR), Veronicastrum virginicum (SDO); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata (WR), Verbena stricta sn fq (Rb, WR), Verbena urticifolia sn (Rb); Vitaceae: Parthenocissus quinquefolia sn cp fq (Rb, DL)