Flower-Visiting Insects
of Early
Buttercup
Ranunculus fascicularis (Early Buttercup)
(Short-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar; beetles feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; Syrphid flies usually suck nectar, but sometimes feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn, Ceratina dupla dupla sn fq icp; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada ovatus sn, Nomada sayi sn, Nomada superba superba sn fq; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia illinoensis sn, Osmia pumila sn fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn cp fq, Augochlorella striata sn fq, Halictus confusus sn, Halictus ligatus sn cp, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum coriaceus sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn, Lasioglossum pruinosus sn cp, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq, Paralictus simplex sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii sn cp, Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn, Andrena violae sn
Flies
Syrphidae: Chalcosyrphus nemorum sn, Cheilosia capillata sn, Dasysyrphus venustus sn, Eristalis transversus fp, Eupeodes americanus sn, Melanostoma mellinum sn, Orthonevra pictipennis sn, Paragus bicolor sn, Pipiza femoralis sn fq, Sphaerophoria contiqua sn fp, Toxomerus geminatus sn fq, Toxomerus marginatus sn fp fq; Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn; Sarcophagidae: Ravinia anxia sn; Muscidae: Bithoracochaeta leucoprocta sn, Neomyia cornicina sn; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata sn fq
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis
Beetles
Oedemeridae: Asclera ruficollis fp np