Flower-Visiting
Insects
of American Columbo
Frasera caroliniensis (American Columbo)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera fq sn (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus griseocollis sn fq (Rb, WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (WR); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta sn fq (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina strenua (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Lasioglossum birkmanni (WR), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn cp np (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum nigroviride (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum versans (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR)
Wasps
Vespidae: Polistes fuscatus sn (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus nearcticus sn np (WR), Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Camponotus subbarbatus sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn gnw np (WR)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Thorybes pylades sn np (Rb)
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Stenocorus schaumii (WR); Phalacridae: Acylomus ergoti (WR)