Flower-Visiting Insects
of False
Dandelion
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus (False Dandelion)
(nectar is not available from the flowers; most bees collect pollen, although some of them explore the flowers in vain for nectar; the moth lays eggs & reproduces on the flowers, the skipper explores the flowers in vain for nectar; observations are from Moure & Hurd, Estes & Thorp, Daly, Fothergill & Vaughn)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (ET); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis (Da), Bombus impatiens (Da), Bombus pensylvanica (ET, Da); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes sp. (ET)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (MH), Agapostemon texanus texanus fq (MH, ET), Agapostemon virescens (MH, Da), Augochlorella striata fq (MH, ET, Da), Augochloropsis metallica metallica (ET), Halictus ligatus (MH, ET, Da), Lasioglossum spp. (ET, Da), Lasioglossum apertus (MH), Lasioglossum illinoensis (MH), Lasioglossum imitatus (MH, Da), Lasioglossum lustrans fq olg (MH, ET, Da), Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus (MH), Lasioglossum versatus (MH); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes sp. exp (ET); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena crawfordi (ET)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Lerema accius exp (FV)
Moths
Noctuidae: Schinia mitis icp lgf fq (ET)