Flower-Visiting Insects
of Great Blue Lobelia
Lobelia siphilitica (Great Blue Lobelia)
(Long-tongued bees collect pollen and/or suck nectar; short-tongued bees collect pollen & are non-pollinating; butterflies suck nectar; beetle activity is unspecified. Observations are from Robertson, LaBerge, Macior, Grundel et al., Tuell et al., Williams, Rightmyer, and Wilhelm & Rerichia as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (Tll); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis fq (Mc), Bombus auricomus (Mc), Bombus fervidus fq (Mc, Tll), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb, Mc, WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Rb, Mc, Tll, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp fq (Rb, Mc), Bombus vagans sn cp (Rb, Mc, WR); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis sn cp (Gnd, WR), Anthophora walshii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata fq (Tll, WR), Ceratina dupla fq (Tll, WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus lunatus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata (LB), Svastra obliqua obliqua (LB); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens (Tll), Auglochora pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella striata cp np (Rb, Tll), Halictus confusus (WR), Halictus rubicundus (Tll), Lasioglossum admirandum fq (Tll), Lasioglossum bruneri (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum cp np (Rb, Tll), Lasioglossum versatum cp np (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus affinis (Tll), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Rb), Junonia coenia sn (WR), Limenitis archippus sn (WR); Papilionidae: Battus philenor sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn (WR), Erynnis baptisiae sn (WR), Polites themistocles sn (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)