Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Indigo Bush
Amorpha fruiticosa (Indigo Bush)
(Also called False Indigo; bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while beetles and flower flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson, Krombein et al., Mawdsley, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys sayi sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia pumila (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum ellisiae (WR), Lasioglossum foxii (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum macoupinense (WR), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale sn cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum tegulare sn cp (Rb, WR); Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia nortoni (Kr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn (Rb, WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR), Hylaeus mesillae (WR), Hylaeus modestus modestus sn (Rb), Hylaeus saniculae sn (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena ceanothi (Kr), Andrena commoda (WR), Andrena crataegi (WR), Andrena hippotes (WR), Andrena illinoiensis (Kr), Andrena imitatrix imitatrix (Kr), Andrena quintilis cp olg (Kr), Andrena vicina (WR), Andrena wilmattae (WR), Andrena ziziae (Kr)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus geminatus (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR), Tropidia quadrata (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Rhagonycha recta (WR); Cleridae: Phyllobaenus pubescens (Mwd); Mordellidae: Mordella atrata (WR)