Flower-Visiting Insects
of Dame's Rocket
Hesperis matronalis (Dame's Rocket) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar and/or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Williams and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum ellisiae (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus pennsylvanicus sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis anthophorina (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Conopidae: Thecophora nigripes (WR)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta sn (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)