Flower-Visiting Insects
of Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar. The bumblebee, Bombus affinis, sometimes perforates [prf] the corollas of flowers to steal nectar [sn@prf]. Observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., Schemske et al., and Macior as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera cp fq np (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis sn prf sn@prf fq (Mc), Bombus auricomus sn fq (Rb), Bombus bimaculatus sn cp fq (Rb, Mc, WR), Bombus fervidus sn (Mc), Bombus griseocollis sn fq (Rb, Shm), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb), Bombus vagans sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora ursina sn (Rb), Habropoda laboriosus sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn fq (Rb), Synhalonia dubitata sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia bucephala sn fq (Rb), Osmia collinsiae sn (Rb), Osmia lignaria sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn (Rb, WR), Andrena erigeniae sn (Kr)
Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn fq (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Vanessa atalanta sn np (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn np (Rb), Papilio marcellus sn np (Rb); Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn np (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis martialis sn np (Rb)