Flower-Visiting Insects
of Giant Hogweed
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant Hogweed) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles suck on nectar and/or feed on pollen, wasps suck nectar; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada lepida sn (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR)
Wasps
Gasteruptiidae: Gasteruption assectator sn (WR), Gasteruption tarsatorium sn (WR)
Beetles
Dermestidae: Orphilus ater (WR); Mordellidae: Mordella atrata (WR), Mordella marginata (WR)