Melissodes (Melissodes) bimaculatus bimaculatus (Lepeletier 1825)

County records: Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Eaton, Huron, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lenawee, Livingston, Marquette, Midland, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oakland, Ottawa, Saginaw, Shiawassee, St. Joseph, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne.

Notes. A very broadly polylectic species, known to even visit corn (Terrell & Batra 1984) and a potentially valuable pollinator of summer crops such as cucumber. Ashmead (1894) records M. bimaculatus nesting in an open field, with the entrance under a stone.