Flower-Visiting Birds and Insects
of Firepink
Silene virginica (Firepink)
(the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, bumblebees, and butterfly suck nectar; Halictid bees collect pollen; Syrphid flies feed on pollen; observations are from Bertin and Reynolds et al.)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn fq (Brt, Ry)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus spp. (Ry)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Unidentified species np (Ry)
Flies
Syrphidae: Unidentified species np (Ry)
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Battus philenor (Ry)