Flower-Visiting Insects
of Dune Thistle
Cirsium pitcheri (Dune Thistle)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Keddy & Keddy and Wilhelm & Rericha; another common name is Pitcher's Thistle)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus (WR), Bombus griseocallis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus perplexus sn (KK), Bombus vagans sn fq (KK); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus (WR), Megachile melanophaea sn fq (KK), Megachile montivaga sn fq (KK, WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia simillima sn (KK)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus (WR)
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Stratiomys badia sn (KK); Syrphidae: Platycheirus inversus sn (KK); Tachinidae: Onychogonia flaviceps sn (KK)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Limenitis arthemis arthemis sn fq (KK), Speyeria atlantis sn fq (KK)