Bug FAQPseudomasaris vespoides
Pseudomasaris vespoides · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Masaridae
Pseudomasaris vespoides gathers pollen mainly from penstemon flowers. It lives in the western United States and Baja California.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It specializes in collecting pollen from penstemon flowers.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It feeds on pollen from penstemon flowers.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes the western United States and Baja California.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 13 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Colorado, Utah, Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Wyoming, Nevada.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomasaris_vespoides
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.