Flower-Visiting Insects
of Corn Salad


Valerianella radiata (Corn Salad)
(Short-tongued bees usually suck nectar, but sometimes collect pollen; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus vagans; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata, Ceratina dupla dupla; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila; Megachilidae (Stelidini): Stelis lateralis

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn fq, Halictus ligatus sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn, Hylaeus mesillae sn

Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Parancistrocerus vagus, Stenodynerus ammonia, Stenodynerus oculeus, Zethus miscogaster

Flies
Syrphidae: Paragus tibialis, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Toxomerus marginatus; Bombyliidae: Toxophora amphitea; Tachinidae: Gymnoclytia immaculata, Gymnoclytia occidua, Periscepsia laevigata; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis


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