Flower-Visiting Insects
of Fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana (Fanwort)
(most insects suck nectar, although the short-tongued bee collects pollen; shore flies were the primary pollinators of the flowers in this study; observations are from Schneider & Jeter in Texas)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum sp. cp
Wasps
Braconidae: Ademon sp. sn, Chaenusa sp. sn
Flies
Ephydridae: Hydrellia bilobifera sn fq, Notiphila cressoni sn fq
Beetles
Curculionidae: Parenthis sp. sn np