Flower-Visiting Insects
of Field
Pussytoes
Antennaria neglecta (Field Pussytoes)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar; flies feed on pollen or suck nectar; other insects suck nectar; flower gender is unspecified for visitors; this plant can be insect-pollinated or wind-pollinated; most observations are from Graenicher, otherwise they are from Evans as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp (Gr, Ev); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (Ev); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada sayi sn, Nomada sphaerogaster sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn, Augochlorella striata sn cp, Augochloropsis metallica metallica (Ev), Halictus confusus sn cp (Ev, Gr), Halictus ligatus sn cp, Halictus rubicunda sn cp (Ev, Gr), Halictus sp. (Lasioglossum sp.) sn, Lasioglossum albipennis sn cp, Lasioglossum cinctipes sn cp, Lasioglossum foxii sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp, Lasioglossum pectoralis (Ev), Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus (Ev), Lasioglossum versatus sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn cp; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes clematidis sn, Sphecodes cressonii sn, Sphecodes minor sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn cp, Andrena crataegi (Ev), Andrena cressonii sn cp, Andrena erythrogaster sn, Andrena forbesii sn cp, Andrena hippotes sn, Andrena milwaukeensis sn, Andrena miserabilis sn, Andrena nasonii sn, Andrena sigmundi sn, Andrena vicina sn cp
Wasps
Vespidae: Dolichovespula arenaria
Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius major; Syrphidae: Eristalinus aeneus, Eristalis anthophorina, Eristalis dimidiatus, Eristalis transversus, Eupeodes americanus, Eupeodes volucris, Helophilus bilinearis, Helophilus chrysostomus, Helophilus fasciatus, Melanostoma mellinum, Platycheirus obscurus; Stratiomyidae: Odontomyia pubescens; Piophilidae: Prochyliza xanthostoma; Sepsidae: Themira putris; Chloropidae: Elachiptera nigriceps; Scathophagidae: Scathophaga furcata; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura; Calliphoridae: Calliphora vicina, Phormia regina, Pollenia rudis; Muscidae: Morellia micans, Neomyia cornicina; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax; Tachinidae: Gonia capitata, Panzeria aldrichi, Tachinomyia panaetius
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Polygonia comma, Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa virginiensis
Beetles
Coccinellidae: Coleomegilla maculata sn; Melyridae: Malachius thevenetti sn
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Cimex ruficornis; Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena pulicarius