Flower-Visiting Insects
of Blue
Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides (Blue Cohosh)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; some observations are from Hannan & Prucher as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn, Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus impatiens sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora purus sn, Augochlorella striata sn, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum sp. (HP), Lasioglossum coriaceus sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp, Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp
Wasps
Braconidae: Bracon mellitor sn, Bracon pygmaeus sn, Microgaster gelechiae sn fq, Opius provancheri sn; Scelionidae: Prosacantha illinoensis (Ashmead, MS) sn np; Ichneumonidae: Unidentified species (HP)
Flies
Mycetophilidae: Dynastoma coquilletti sn np; Syrphidae: Cheilosia hoodiana sn, Helophilus fasciatus (HP), Platycheirus obscurus sn, Rhingia nasica sn, Syrphus sp. (HP); Empididae: Rhamphomyia piligeronis sn; Muscidae: Morellia micans sn, Potamia sp. (HP); Anthomyiidae: Emmesomyia socialis sn; Calliphoridae: Pollenia rudis (HP); Chloropidae: Thaumatomyia glabra sn; Fanniidae: Fannia sp. (HP); Tachinidae: Epalpus signifer (HP), Gonia frontosa (HP), Leschenaultia sp. (HP)
Beetles
Pyrochroidae: Pedilus terminalis sn; Curculionidae: Idiostethus subcalvus sn; Mordellidae: Mordellistena scapularis sn np
Plant Bugs
Nabidae: Nabis roseipennis (HP)