Flower-Visiting Insects
of Alfalfa

Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) introduced
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, butterflies suck nectar, true bugs are either predators of other insects or their activity is unspecified. Observations are from Krombein et al., Voss, Wilhelm & Rericha, Stevens, and Discover Life as indicated below.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apininae): Apis mellifera (DL); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (DL), Bombus borealis (DL), Bombus fervidus (DL), Bombus griseocollis (DL), Bombus pensylvanicus (DL), Bombus rufocinctus (DL), Bombus ternarius (DL), Bombus terricola (DL), Psithyrus ashtoni sn (DL), Psithyrus insularis sn (DL); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora bomboides (DL); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus donatus sn (DL); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Florilegus condignus (DL), Melissodes agilis (DL), Melissodes bimaculata (DL), Melissodes coreopsis (DL), Melissodes desponsa (DL), Melissodes druriella (DL); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (DL); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (DL), Megachile campanulae (DL), Megachile centuncularis (Stv, DL), Megachile dentitarsus (Stv), Megachile exilis (DL), Megachile latimanus sn (Stv, DL), Megachile melanophaea (Stv), Megachile mendica (Stv, DL), Megachile parallela (DL), Megachile rotundata (WR, DL); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia caerulescens (DL); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinata (Kr)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia nortoni (Kr), Nomia triangulifera (Kr); Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus (DL), Agapostemon texanus (DL), Agapostemon virescens (DL), Augochlora pura (DL), Augochlorella aurata (DL), Halictus confusus (DL), Halictus rubicundus (DL), Lasioglossum birkmanni (DL), Lasioglossum cinctipes (DL), Lasioglossum foxii (DL), Lasioglossum hitchensi (DL), Lasioglossum imitatum (DL), Lasioglossum obscurum (DL), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (DL), Lasioglossum pilosum (DL), Lasioglossum quebecense (DL), Lasioglossum semicaeruleum (DL), Lasioglossum truncatum (DL), Lasioglossum zephyrum (DL), Lasioglossum zonulum (DL), Paralictus asteris sn (DL); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes kincaidii (Kr, DL), Colletes latitarsis (Kr, DL), Colletes mandibularis (Kr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena accepta (Kr), Andrena commoda (DL), Andrena crataegi (DL), Andena helianthi (Kr), Andrena heraclei (DL), Andrena imitatrix (Kr, DL), Andrena miranda (DL), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata (DL), Andrena nasonii (DL), Andrena nivalis (DL), Andrena wilkella (DL); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis (Kr, DL), Calliopsis nebraskensis (Kr)

Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (V); Nymphalidae: Cercyonis pegala sn (V); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (V), Pieris rapae sn (V)

True Bugs
Anthocoridae: Orius insidiosus prd np (DL); Miridae: Adelphocoris lineolatus (WR); Reduviidae: Sinea diadema prd np (DL); Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena pulicaria (DL)

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