Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Jacob's Ladder
Polemonium reptans (Jacob's Ladder)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; flies suck nectar and/or feed on pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn (Rb), Bombus bimaculatus sn (Rb), Bombus griseocollis sn fq (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn fq (Rb), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb), Bombus vagans sn (Rb), Psithyrus variabilis sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora ursina sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn (Rb, WR), Ceratina dupla sn fq (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn cp fq (Rb), Synhalonia speciosa sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada affabilis sn (Rb), Nomada hydrophylli sn fq (Rb), Nomada ovatus sn (Rb), Nomada pygmaea sn (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons sn (Rb), Osmia atriventris sn (Rb), Osmia conjuncta sn cp fq (Rb), Osmia lignaria sn (Rb), Osmia pumila sn cp fq (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn (Rb), Augochlora pura sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Augochlorella aurata sn (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn cp fq (Rb), Halictus confusus (WR), Halictus rubicundus sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum coreopsis sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum laevissimum (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosum sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn (Rb), Andrena distans sn (Rb), Andrena geranii sn fq (Rb), Andrena nasonii cp (Rb), Andrena polemonii sn cp olg (Rb, WR), Andrena sayi sn cp (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Pipiza femoralis fp np (Rb), Rhingia nasica sn fp (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus fp np (Rb); Empididae: Empis pudica sn (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice sn fq (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis brizo sn (Rb), Erynnis juvenalis sn fq (Rb)
Moths
Sphingidae: Hemaris thysbe sn (Rb); Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera sn fq (Rb)
Beetles
Coccinellidae: Coleomegilla maculata sn (Rb); Curculionidae: Idiostethus tubulatus (WR); Pyrochroidae: Pedilus terminalis sn (Rb)