Flower-Visiting Insects
of Field Mint
Mentha arvensis (Field Mint)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies & beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., Williams, and Discover Life as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla (DL); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinatum (Kr), Heriades variolosa variolosa (Kr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes kincaidii (Kr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (DL), Hylaeus schwarzii (DL)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bembix nubilipennis (Rb); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Eucerceris zonata (Rb); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi (Rb), Eremnophila aureonotata (Rb), Isodontia apicalis (Rb), Sphex nudus (Rb); Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta (Rb); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum fq (Rb); Pompilidae: Anoplius marginatus (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum (Rb), Milesia virginiensis (Rb), Syritta pipiens (Rb), Tropidia quadrata (Rb); Empidae: Empis clausa (Rb); Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fascipennis (Rb); Conopidae: Physoconops brachyrhynchus (Rb); Tachinidae: Archytas analis (Rb), Archytas aterrima fq (Rb), Estheria abdominalis (Rb), Scotiptera parvicornis (Rb; Townsend, MS); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina (Rb)
Butterflies
Pieridae: Pieris rapae (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Rb, Wms)