Flower-Visiting Insects
of Anise Hyssop


Agastache foeniculum (Anise Hyssop)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies & beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; single observations are from Moure & Hurd and Stevens as indicated below, otherwise they are from Reed)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis, Bombus bimaculatus, Bombus fervidus, Bombus griseocollis, Bombus impatiens, Bombus vagans; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina sp.; Megachilidae (Anthidinini): Anthidium psoraleae; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus sn (Re, Stv); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinatus

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Dufoureinae): Dufourea monardae cp olg (MH, Re); Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata, Halictus rubicundus, Lasioglossum sp., Lasioglossum albipenne, Lasioglossum cressonii, Lasioglossum heterognathum, Lasioglossum illinoense, Lasioglossum imitatum, Lasioglossum laevissimum, Lasioglossum paraforbesii, Lasioglossum pictum, Lasioglossum pilosum, Lasioglossum pruinosum, Lasioglossum rohweri, Lasioglossum tegulare, Lasioglossum zephyrum; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis, Hylaeus mesillae, Hylaeus modestus modestus

Wasps
Perilampidae: Perilampus hyalinus

Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua, Orthonevra sp., Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syrphus sp., Toxomerus marginatus; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa sp., Systoechus sp.

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Cercyonis pegala alope, Vanessa cardui; Lycaenidae: Celastrina argiolus

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus, Thorybes pylades

Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis; Sphingidae: Hemaris diffinis

Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus; Meloidae: Epicauta pennsylvanica


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