Flower-Visiting Insects
of Yellow
Crownbeard
Verbesina helianthoides (Yellow Crownbeard)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar, most flies suck nectar, otherwise they feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; other insects suck nectar; two observations are from Rightmyer as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn, Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn fq; Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Epeolus bifasciatus sn, Triepeolus distinctus sn (Rtm), Triepeolus pencilliferus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Svastra obliqua obliqua sn, Synhalonia speciosa sn; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys alternata alternata sn, Coelioxys octodentata sn, Coelioxys rufitarsis rufitarsis sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp fq, Megachile latimanus sn, Megachile mendica sn cp, Megachile montivaga sn, Megachile parallela parallela sn, Megachile petulans sn cp, Megachile policaris sn, Megachile pugnatus sn cp fq; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Ashmeadiella bucconis sn cp, Hoplitis cylindricus sn; Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti sn cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn, Augochlora purus purus sn, Augochlorella aurata sn cp, Halictus ligatus sn cp, Halictus rubicunda sn cp, Lasioglossum cinctipes sn, Lasioglossum coriaceus sn, Lasioglossum imitatus cp np, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes eulophi sn cp; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena rudbeckiae sn; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn cp, Heterosarus albitarsis sn cp
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Glenostictia pictifrons sn; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila nigricans sn fq, Ammophila pictipennis sn, Ammophia procera sn fq
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis transversus sn, Toxomerus marginatus fp np; Bombyliidae: Rhynchanthrax parvicornis sn, Systoechus vulgaris sn
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis sn
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn