Flower-Visiting Insects
of American
Dodder
Cuscuta glomerata (American Dodder)
(this plant is parasitic on composites; bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha; another common name of this plant is Rope Dodder)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn/cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn/cp (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura sn/cp (WR), Lasioglossum apocyni sn/cp (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum sn/cp (WR), Lasioglossum lineatulum sn/cp (WR), Lasioglossum paradmirandum sn/cp (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn/cp (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes eulophi sn (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn/cp (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Sphex pensylvanicus sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus sn (WR)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn fq (WR)