Flower-Visiting Insects
of Common Cinquefoil
Potentilla simplex (Common Cinquefoil)
(Long-tongued bees suck nectar primarily, short-tongued bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; flies suck nectar primarily; beetles feed on nectar, feed on pollen, or gnaw on floral tissue; other insects suck nectar. Robertson referred to this plant species as Potentilla canadensis, but this plant species occurs in states further to the east, rather than in Illinois. Observations are from Robertson, Moure & Hurd, Grundel & Pavlovic, Swengel & Swengel, MacRae, Grundel et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (Rb, WR), Ceratina dupla dupla fq (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn (Rb), Nomada ovata sn (Gnd), Nomada parva sn (Rb, WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (Rb), Osmia pumila (Rb); Megachilidae (Stelidini): Stelis lateralis sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn cp fq (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn cp fq (Rb), Halictus confusus sn (Rb), Halictus ligatus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (MH), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes atlantis sn (WR), Sphecodes cressonii sn (Rb), Sphecodes mandibularis sn (WR), Sphecodes ranunculi sn (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn (Rb, WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii (WR), Andrena personata sn fq (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius decemmaculatus sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus sn (WR), Leionotus ziziae sn (Rb, MS), Stenodynerus ammonia sn (Rb), Stenodynerus anormis sn (Rb), Stenodynerus histrionalis sn (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Paragus haemorrhous (WR), Paragus tibialis (Rb), Syritta pipiens (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Tachinidae: Gymnoclytia occidua (Rb), Periscepsia laevigata (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax (Rb); Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris (Rb), Lucilia sericata (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn (Rb); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn fq (GP, Sw)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera neglecta (McR), Acmaeodera ornata (McR), Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis gnw np (WR), Odontocorynus salebrosus (WR), Odontocorynus scutellum-album (WR); Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (WR)