Flower-Visiting Insects
of Hairy Puccoon
Lithospermum croceum (Hairy Puccoon)
(This plant is also known as Lithospermum caroliniense. Long-tongued bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, short-tongued bees collect pollen, ants suck nectar and gnaw on the succulent hairs of the stems and calyces, beetles feed on pollen, plant bugs suck nectar or gnw on floral tissue, butterflies suck nectar. Observations are from Grundel & Pavlovic, Voss, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum vierecki cp (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica dolosa sn gnw np (WR), Formica exsectoides sn gnw np (WR), Formica incerta sn gnw np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster lineolata sn gnw np (WR), Myrmica americana sn gnw np (WR)
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (V, WR), Papilio polyxenes asterias sn (WR); Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos sn (WR), Vanessa virginiensis sn (WR); Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (GP)
Beetles
Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis fp (WR); Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (WR)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lygus lineolaris (WR)