White-flowered Blazing Star (Mentzelia nuda)
White-flowered Blazing Star (Mentzelia nuda) in the Stickseed Family (Loasaceae) is a native plant common on the eastern plains and sometimes in the lower foothills. Blooms from July through September. Mentzelia nuda’s flowers open from 4:30pm to 12:00 midnight...
Forest Bumblebee (Bombus sylvicola)
Bombus sylvicola commonly known as the forest bumblebee has a wide range in North America throughout most of Canada, Alaska and the western contiguous United States. It is an alpine bee living in open, grassy habitats such as mountain meadows and feeds on a variety of...
Central Bumble Bee (Bombus centralis)
The Central Bumble Bee (Bombus centralis) is distributed from Alberta and British Coumbia in Canada, south to Arizona and New Mexico in the U.S. It lives in prairies and river valleys and feeds on a variety of flowers including wild onions, rabbitbrush and thistles....