Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Hairy Wood Mint
Blephilia hirsuta (Hairy Wood Mint)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn fq (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (WR), Bombus auricomus sn (Rb), Bombus bimaculatus sn fq (Rb, WR), Bombus griseocollis sn fq (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb), Bombus vagans (WR), Psithyrus citrinus sn (Rb), Psithyrus variabilis sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis sn cp (Rb), Anthophora walshii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn (Rb, WR), Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus concavus sn (Rb), Triepeolus cressonii cressonii sn (Rb), Triepeolus lunatus concolor sn fq (Rb), Triepeolus remigatus sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Florilegus condigna sn (Rb), Melissodes agilis sn (Rb), Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn fq (Rb), Melissodes communis sn (Rb), Melissodes comptoides sn fq (Rb), Melissodes trinodis sn (Rb), Peponapis pruinosa pruinosa sn (Rb), Svastra obliqua obliqua sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata sn (Rb), Coelioxys rufitarsis rufitarsis sn (Rb), Coelioxys sayi sn fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn (Rb), Megachilie inimica sayi sn fq (Rb), Megachile latimanus sn (Rb), Megachile mendica sn fq (Rb), Megachile petulans sn (Rb), Megachile rugifrons sn fq (Rb), Megachile texana sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti sn cp (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn cp fq (Rb), Agapostemon splendens sn (Rb), Agapostemon virescens sn (Rb), Augochlora pura pura sn (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn cp fq (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn (Rb), Halictus rubicundus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum cinctipes sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum imitatum cp np fq (Rb), Lasioglossum macoupinense cp np (Rb), Lasioglossum pectorale sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis fp np (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi sn (Rb), Ammophila nigricans sn (Rb), Ammophila procera sn (Rb); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum sn (Rb); Pompilidae: Ceropales fulvipes sn (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus sn fq (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua fp np (Rb), Chalcosyrphus nemorum fp np (Rb), Eristalis transversus sn (Rb), Syritta pipiens fp np fq (Rb), Tropidia albistylum sn (Rb); Empididae: Empis clausa sn (Rb); Bombyliidae: Anthrax albofasciatus fp np (Rb), Hemipenthes sinuosa fp np (Rb), Rhynchanthrax parvicornis sn (Rb), Systoechus vulgaris sn (Gr); Conopidae: Physocephala texana sn fq (Rb), Physocephala tibialis sn (Rb), Stylogaster neglecta sn fq (Rb), Zodion obliquefasciatum sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Archytas analis sn (Rb); Muscidae: Stomoxys calcitrans sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (Rb), Danaus plexippus sn (Rb), Speyeria cybele sn (Rb), Vanessa atalanta sn (Rb), Vanessa cardui sn (Rb); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn fq (Rb), Pieris rapae sn (Rb), Pontia protodice sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (WR)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn (Rb), Euphyes vestris sn (Rb), Polites peckius sn (Rb)
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn (Rb)
Beetles
Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata gnw np (WR); Mordellidae: Mordella marginata (WR), Mordellistena unicolor (WR)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Plagiognathus obscurus (WR), Plagiognathus politus (WR)