Flower-Visiting Insects
of Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum (Cup Plant)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Moure & Hurd, Krombein et al., Tuell et al., Williams, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rightmyer as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb, Tll, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fraternus sn (Rb), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb, Tll, WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Rb, Tll, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp fq (Rb), Bombus rufocinctus (WR), Bombus vagans sn cp fq (Rb), Psithyrus citrinus sn (Tll); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata/dupla (Tll), Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus concavus sn (Rb, Tll), Triepeolus donatus sn (WR, Rtm), Triepeolus lunatus concolor sn fq (Rb), Triepeolus lunatus lunatus sn (Rb, Rtm), Triepeolus remigatus sn fq (Rb, Tll), Triepeolus simplex sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes spp. (Tll), Melissodes agilis sn fq (Rb, WR), Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn (Rb, Tll), Melissodes coloradensis sn cp (Rb), Melissodes denticulata sn fq (Rb), Melissodes rustica sn (Rb), Melissodes trinodis sn fq (Rb, WR), Melissodes vernoniae sn (Rb), Svastra obliqua obliqua sn cp (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys germana sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile sp. (Tll), Megachile brevis brevis sn cp (Rb), Megachile inimica sayi sn (Rb), Megachile latimanus (WR), Megachile mendica sn cp (Rb), Megachile petulans sn cp fq (Rb), Megachile pugnata sn cp fq (Rb, Tll, WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn cp (Rb), Agapostemon splendens sn (Rb), Agapostemon virescens sn cp fq (Rb, Tll), Augochlorella striata sn (Rb), Halictus ligatus sn cp (Rb, Tll, WR), Halictus rubicundus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum imitatum cp np fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum pectorale cp np (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum cp np fq (Rb), Lasioglossum rohweri (Tll), Lasioglossum versatum cp np (Rb); Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia triangulifera (MH); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena accepta sn fq (Rb), Andrena aliciae sn (Rb), Andrena helianthi (Kr); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Heterosarus labrosiformis labrosiformis sn fq (Rb), Pseudopanurgus rugosus sn (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila procera sn (Rb); Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis sn (Rb); Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fp np (Rb), Eristalis stipator (WR), Eristalis tenax sn (Rb), Milesia virginiensis fp np (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn (Rb), Poecilanthrax alcyon sn (Rb), Sparnopolius confusus sn (Rb), Systoechus vulgaris sn fq (Rb), Villa alternata fp np (Rb); Conopidae: Zodion obliquefasciatum sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Archytas aterrima sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (Rb), Danaus plexippus sn (Rb), Limenitis archippus sn (Rb), Limenitis arthemis astyanax sn (Rb), Polygonia interrogationis sn (Rb), Vanessa atalanta sn (Rb), Vanessa cardui sn (Rb), Vanessa virginiensis sn (Rb); Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus sn (Rb); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (Rb), Pieris rapae sn (Rb), Pontia protodice sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Battus philenor sn (Rb), Papilio cresphontes sn (Rb), Papilio glaucus sn (Rb), Papilio troilus sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Anatrytone logan sn (Rb), Epargyreus clarus sn (Rb), Pholisora catullus sn (Rb), Poanes zabulon sn (Rb), Polites themistocles sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Cerambycidae: Batyle suturalis (WR); Meloidae: Epicauta pennsylvanica (WR); Mordellidae: Mordellina pustulata (WR)