Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Great Mullein
Verbascum thapsus (Great Mullein) introduced
(Bees collect pollen and to a lesser extent suck nectar; flies feed on pollen and they are non-pollinating; beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen; ants suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus cp (Rb), Bombus vagans sn cp (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens cp (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica cp (Rb), Halictus rubicundus (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum cp (Rb), Lasioglossum cressonii cp (Rb), Lasioglossum imitatum (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum cp (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Lasius alienus sn np (WR), Prenolepis imparis sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fp np (Rb), Eupeodes americanus fp np (Rb), Syritta pipiens fp np (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus fp np (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus fp np (Rb), Trichopsomyia apisaon fp np (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Delia platura fp np (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Coccinellidae: Coccinella septempunctata (WR); Mordellidae: Hoshihananomia octopunctata (WR), Mordella atrata (WR)