Flower-Visiting Insects
of Common Horse
Gentian
Triosteum perfoliatum (Common Horse Gentian)
(Long-tongued bees suck nectar, short-tongued bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen and are non-pollinating, plant bug activity is unspecified; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn (Rb, WR), Bombus griseocallis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb), Bombus vagans sn fq (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn np (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn cp np (Rb), Halictus rubicundus cp np (Rb)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Plagiognathus obscurus (WR)