Flower-Visiting Insects
of Cream Wild
Indigo
Baptisia leucophaea (Cream Wild Indigo)
(A scientific synonym of this plant is Baptisia bracteata. Long-tongued bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; insect visitors are usually queen bumblebees; the butterfly sucks nectar; observations are from Robertson, Petersen, Haddock & Chaplin, Swengel & Swengel, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus (HC, WR), Bombus bimaculatus (HC, WR), Bombus fervidus (Pt,WR), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb,WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb, Pt); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia bucephala bucephala sn cp (Rb)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (Sw)