Flower-Visiting Insects
of Golden Ragwort
Senecio aureus (Golden Ragwort)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Moure & Hurd, Swengel & Swengel, Krombein et al., Grundel et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below. A scientific synonym of Golden Ragwort is Packera aurea.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (Gnd), Ceratina dupla sn (Rb, Gr, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (Gnd, WR), Ceratina strenua (Gnd); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn (Rb), Nomada cressonii sn (Gr), Nomada denticulata sn (Gnd), Nomada lepida sn (Gnd), Nomada rhodoxantha sn (Gr), Nomada superba sn fq (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn cp (Gr), Augochlorella aurata sn (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn cp (Rb, Gr), Halictus confusus sn cp (Gr), Halictus ligatus sn cp fq (Rb, Gr, WR), Halictus rubicundus sn cp (Gr), Halictus sp. (Lasioglossum sp.) sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn cp (Gr, Gnd), Lasioglossum cressonii sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum imitatum (Gnd), Lasioglossum pilosum (MH), Lasioglossum pruinosum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Gr); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes clematidis sn (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii sn cp (Gr, Gnd), Andrena gardineri cp olg (Kr), Andrena geranii sn (Gr), Andrena nasonii sn cp (Gr)
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Stenodynerus ammonia sn (Rb)
Flies
Agromyzidae: Cerodontha angulata (Gr); Empidae: Empis nuda (Gr); Syrphidae: Eristalis arbustorum (Gr), Eristalis dimidiata (Gr), Eristalis stipator, Eristalis transversa (Gr), Helophilus fasciatus (Gr), Platycheirus obscurus (Gr), Sphaerophoria contiqua sn (Rb, Gr), Syritta pipiens (Gr), Toxomerus geminatus (Gr), Toxomerus marginatus sn (Rb), Tropidia mamillata sn (Rb); Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons sn (Rb, Gr); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura (Gr); Tachinidae: Clausicella floridensis sn fq (Rb), Epigrimyia polita (Gr), Gymnoclytia occidua sn (Rb), Tachinomyia panaetius sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn (WR); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (Sw)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Poanes zabulon sn (Gr)
Beetles
Mordellidae: Mordellistena aspersa (WR), Mordellistena cervicalis (WR); Oedemeridae: Asclera ruficollis sn (Gr); Pyrochroidae: Pedilus collaris sn (Gr), Pedilus lugubris (WR)