Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Common Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia (Common Arrowhead)
(On pistillate flowers, all insects suck nectar; on staminate flowers, bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while other insects suck nectar or feed on pollen. Some observations are from Lovell and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson.)
On staminate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Halictus ligatus sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum nelumbonis sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn fq
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Pseudoplisus phaleratus sn; Sphecidae (Larrinae): Tachytes aurulenta sn; Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta sn; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta sn; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus annulatus sn, Leionotus ziziae (Rb, MS), Stenodynerus anormis sn
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum sn, Orthonevra nitida fp, Rhingia nasica sn, Syritta pipiens sn, Toxomerus marginatus sn; Empidae: Empis clausa sn; Bombyliidae: Sparnopolius confusus sn; Tachinidae: Archytas analis sn, Clausicella geniculata sn, Deopalpus hirsutus sn; Calliphoridae: Lucilia sericata sn; Muscidae: Limnophora narona sn
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn, Phyciodes tharos sn; Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus sn
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor sn, Polites themistocles sn
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus sn; Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica undecimpunctata sn; Coccinellidae: Coleomegilla maculata fp icp
On pistillate flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn, Augochlorella striata sn, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Prionyx atrata sn; Philanthidae: Cerceris compacta sn; Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta sn; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta sn; Vespidae: Polistes fuscata sn; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus annulatus sn
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Dolichoderus pustulatus sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum sn, Syritta pipiens sn; Tachinidae: Archytas analis sn, Copecrypta ruficauda sn, Spallanzania hesperidarum sn; Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris sn; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax sn, Sarcophaga sinuata sn
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn; Pieridae: Colias philodice sn
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor sn
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus sn
Flower Gender Unspecified:
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn/cp (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi sn/cp (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura sn/cp (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus illinoisensis sn/cp (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Helophilus fasciatus (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR)
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Donacia caerulea (Lv2); Curculionidae: Listronotus appendiculatus (Lv2)