Flower-Visiting Insects
of Hairy Mountain
Mint
Pycnanthemum pilosum (Hairy Mountain Mint)
(Short-tongued bees usually seek nectar, but occasionally collect pollen; Rhipiphorid beetles are parasitic on other flower visitors; other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Hilty, Moure & Hurd, and Clinebell as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (Cl), Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Epeolus bifasciatus sn fq, Triepeolus concavus sn fq, Triepeolus remigatus sn fq, Triepeolus simplex sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis sn, Melissodes comptoides sn fq, Svastra obliqua obliqua sn; Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys germana sn fq, Coelioxys octodentata sn, Coelioxys sayi sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn, Megachile latimanus sn, Megachile mendica sn, Megachile petulans sn fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn fq, Agapostemon virescens sn fq, Augochloropsis metallica metallica (MH), Halictus confusus sn fq, Halictus ligatus sn fq, Halictus parallelus sn fq, Halictus rubicunda sn, Lasioglossum cinctipes sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes cressonii sn, Sphecodes dichroa sn fq; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn cp fq
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bembix nubilipennis fq, Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Bicyrtes ventralis, Glenostictia pictifrons, Stictia carolina; Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Anacrabro ocellatus, Lestica confluentus, Oxybelus mexicanus; Sphecidae (Larrinae): Tachytes aurulenta, Tachytes distinctus; Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris compacta, Cerceris fumipennis fq, Eucerceris zonata, Philanthus gibbosus, Philanthus ventilabris fq; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi, Ammophila nigricans, Ammophila pictipennis fq, Ammophila procera, Eremnophila aureonotata fq, Isodontia apicalis, Prionyx atrata, Sphex ichneumonea (Rb, H), Sphex nudus; Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta fq; Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta; Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis, Polistes fuscata; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus annulatus, Euodynerus boscii, Euodynerus foraminatus fq, Leionotus scrophulariae, Leptochilus republicanus, Parancistrocerus vagus fq, Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus, Stenodynerus anormis, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, Stenodynerus histrionalis; Pompilidae: Entypus fulvicornis; Chrysididae: Hedychrum wiltii
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Stratiomys meigenii; Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus, Eristalis tenax, Eristalis transversus, Syritta pipiens fq; Bombyliidae: Chrysanthrax cypris, Exoprosopa fascipennis fq, Exoprosopa meigenii, Systoechus vulgaris; Conopidae: Physocephala tibialis, Physoconops brachyrhynchus fq, Thecophora occidensis, Zodion fulvifrons, Zodion obliquefasciatum; Tachinidae: Archytas analis fq, Archytas aterrima, Copecrypta ruficauda, Cylindromyia euchenor, Gymnoclytia immaculata, Gymnoclytia occidua, Phasia purpurascens, Phorantha magna (Rb, MS), Siphona geniculata, Spallanzania hesperidarum, Trichopoda pennipes; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax, Sphixapata trilineata; Calliphoridae: Cochliomyia macellaria, Phormia regina; Muscidae: Stomoxys calcitrans
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Libytheana carinenta (H), Phyciodes tharos; Pieridae: Pieris rapae (H), Pontia protodice
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus, Erynnis martialis
Moths
Sesiidae: Melittia cucurbitae (H)
Beetles
Rhipiphoridae: Macrosiagon dimidiata lgf, Macrosiagon limbata lgf