Flower-Visiting Insects
of Great Waterleaf

Hydrophyllum appendiculatum (Great Waterleaf)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., MacRae, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn (Rb), Bombus bimaculatus sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Bombus griseocollis sn cp fq (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn fq (Rb), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb), Bombus vagans sn (Rb), Psithyrus variabilis sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora terminalis (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia atriventris (WR), Synhalonia belfragii sn cp fq (Rb), Synhalonia rosae sn fq (Rb), Synhalonia speciosa sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada affabilis sn (Rb), Nomada sayi sn (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus sn cp (Rb), Hoplitis pilosifrons sn (Rb), Osmia conjuncta sn cp (Rb), Osmia lignaria sn fq (Rb), Osmia pumila sn cp fq (Rb, WR); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Chelostoma philadelphi sn cp (Rb)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn cp (Rb), Augochlora pura (WR), Augochlorella striata sn cp fq (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn (Rb), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum macoupinense sn (Rb), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale sn (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn (Rb), Andrena erigeniae sn (Kr), Andrena geranii sn cp fq olg (Rb)

Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Ancistrocerus adiabatus sn (Rb), Euodynerus foraminatus sn (Rb)

Flies
Syrphidae: Blera badia sn (Rb), Chalcosyrphus violascens sn (Rb), Eristalis flavipes sn (Rb), Rhingia nasica sn fp fq (Rb), Sphegina rufiventris fp np (Rb); Empididae: Empis loripedis sn (Rb), Empis nuda sn fq (Rb); Bombyliidae: Aldrichia ehrmanii fp np (Rb); Conopidae: Stylogaster biannulata sn (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Botanophila inornata sn (Rb)

Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (Rb)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Amblyscirtes hegon sn (Rb), Poanes zabulon sn (Rb), Staphylus hayhurstii sn (Rb)

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus (McR); Curculionidae: Idiostethus tubulatus fp icp (WR)

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