Flower-Visiting Insects
of Illinois Bundleflower
Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinois Bundleflower)
(observations are limited to bees and ants; bee activity is unspecified, while ants and treehoppers suck nectar from extrafloral nectaries; observations are from Smith et al. and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus fq (Smh); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata (Smh); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (Smh)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata fq (Smh), Augochlorella gratiosa (Smh), Halictus rubicundus (Smh), Lasioglossum tegulare (Smh)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Forelius pruinosus sn@exfl (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn@exfl (WR), Formica subsericea sn@exfl (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn@exfl (WR), Crematogaster lineolata sn @exfl (WR)
Sucking Insects
Membracidae: Micrutalis calva sn@exfl (WR)