Flower-Visiting Insects
of Brown Knapweed
Centaurea jacea (Brown Knapweed) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; information is restricted to leaf-cutter bees; observations are from Stevens and Rightmyer)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus donatus sn (Rtm); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (Stv), Megachile centuncularis (Stv), Megachile latimanus (Stv), Megachile montivaga (Stv), Megachile relativa (Stv)