Flower-Visiting Insects
of Gronovius' Hawkweed


Hieracium gronovii (Gronovius' Hawkweed)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar and/or feed on pollen, beetles suck nectar and/or feed on pollen and/or gnaw on the flowers, wasps and plant bugs suck nectar; observations are from Grundel et al. and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (Gnd, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (Gnd, WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Megachilidae (Anthidiini): Anthidiellum notatum (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile frugalis cp (WR), Megachile inimica sayi cp (WR), Megachile mendica (Gnd); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Heriades variolosus (Gnd)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (Gnd, WR), Augochlora pura pura (Gnd), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochloropsis metallica (Gnd), Augochloropsis sumptuosa (WR), Halictus ligatus (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum bruneri (Gnd), Lasioglossum floridanum (WR), Lasioglossum illinoense (WR), Lasioglossum leucozonium (WR), Lasioglossum lustrans (Gnd), Lasioglossum macoupinense (Gnd), Lasioglossum pectorale (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum pictum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Pseudopanurgus rugosus cp (WR)

Wasps
Scoliidae: Scolia nobilitata sn (WR); Tiphiidae: Myzinum maculatum sn (WR), Myzinum quinquecinctum sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus hidalgo sn (WR)

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Geron vitripennis sn (WR), Villa lateralis (WR)

Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera tubulus (WR); Curculionidae: Odontocorynus scutellum-album (WR); Mordellidae: Mordella atrata (WR)

Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lygus lineolaris (WR)


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