Flower-Visiting Insects
of Common Burdock
Arctium minus (Common Burdock) introduced
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; some observations are from Hilty, Voss, and Stevens as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn cp, Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp, Bombus vagans sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn, Melissodes denticulata sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile centuncularis sn cp, Megachile inimica sayi sn cp, Megachile pugnata (Stv)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn, Halictus ligatus sn, Halictus rubicundus sn, Lasioglossum imitatum cp np
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis tenax sn; Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice sn, Pieris rapae sn (Rb, V); Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (V), Papilio troilus sn (H); Nymphalidae: Limenitis archippus sn (V), Nymphalis milberti sn (V), Speyeria aphrodite sn fq (V), Speyeria atlantis sn (V), Speyeria cybele sn fq (V), Vanessa virginiensis sn (V)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Polites themistocles sn, Pyrgus communis sn