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Specialist Pollinators

Specialist Pollinators

by | Aug 19, 2021 | Native Plants and Pollinators

Specialist Pollinators! One example of many specialists includes the squash bee. Colorado has a native squash called Buffalo Gourd- Cucurbita foetidissima. This native plant gets pollinated ONLY by squash bees in the genera Peponapis and Xenoglossa. I have never been...