Flower-Visiting Insects
of Blue-Eyed
Mary
Collinsia verna (Blue-Eyed Mary)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; butterflies & skippers are non-pollinating; one observation is from Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn, Bombus bimaculatus sn, Bombus fraternus sn, Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus impatiens sn, Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora ursina sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn, Ceratina dupla dupla sn fq; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn fq, Synhalonia speciosa sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada sayi sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris sn cp fq, Osmia collinsiae sn cp fq, Osmia conjuncta sn cp fq, Osmia lignaria lignaria sn cp fq, Osmia pumila sn cp fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus rubicunda cp; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena erigeniae sn (Kr)
Flies
Empididae: Empis nuda sn, Empis otiosa sn; Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice sn np
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis baptisiae sn np, Erynnis brizo sn np, Erynnis icelus sn np