Flower-Visiting Insects
of Bottle Gentian
Gentiana andrewsii (Bottle Gentian)
(Bumblebees suck nectar or collect pollen; bumblebees occasionally suck nectar at perforations of the corolla [sn@prf] that were made by Xylocopa virginica, in which case they are non-pollinating; smaller bees always suck nectar at perforations of the corolla and they are non-pollinating; beetles gnaw on the flowers or their behavior is unspecified and they are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson, Macior, Costelloe, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn@prf np (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus sn cp sn@prf fq (Mc, Cst, WR), Bombus griseocollis sn cp sn@prf (WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp sn@prf fq (Mc, Cst, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp (Rb, Mc, Cst), Bombus vagans sn cp sn@prf fq (Mc, Cst); Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora terminalis sn cp sn@prf (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica prf sn@prf np (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn@prf np (WR), Augochlorella persimilis sn@prf np (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn@prf np (WR)
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Ophraella cribrata np (WR); Meloidae: Epicauta pennsylvanica gnw np (Rb)