Flower-Visiting Insects
of Field Milkwort


Polygala sanguinea (Field Milkwort)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, the bee fly sucks nectar, while the activity of the scentless plant bug is unspecified; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus cressonii cressonii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes nivea sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn cp fq (Rb)

Flies
Bombyliidae: Systoechus vulgaris sn (Rb)

Plant Bugs
Rhopalidae: Harmostes reflexulus (WR)


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