Flower-Visiting Insects
& Birds
of Common Evening Primrose
Oenothera biennis (Common Evening Primrose)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, hummingbirds & moths suck nectar, beetle activity is unspecified, the Syrphid fly feeds on pollen and it is non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson, Moure & Hurd, Grundel et al., Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below; Anthedonia compta and Lasioglossum oenotherae are oligoleges of Oenothera spp.)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn fq (Rb)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (Gnd, WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Anthedonia compta sn cp fq olg (Rb), Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata cp (Rb), Svastra obliqua obliqua cp (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica cp (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens cp (Rb), Augochlorella aurata (Gnd), Halictus ligatus (Gnd), Lasioglossum oenotherae cp olg (MH), Lasioglossum pictum (Gnd), Lasioglossum pilosum fq (Gnd), Lasioglossum vierecki (Gnd); Halictidae (Nomiidae): Nomia nortoni nortoni cp (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp np (WR)
Moths
Sphingidae: Hyles lineata sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)