Flower-Visiting Insects
of Kalm's St. John's Wort
Hypericum kalmianum (Kalm's St. John's Wort)
(bees collect pollen or explore the flowers in vain for nectar, flies feed on pollen or explore the flowers in vain for nectar, beetles feed on pollen; observations are from Grundel et al. and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below; Wilhelm & Rericha consider Hypericum swinkianum as a distinct species, however it is considered a variety of Kalm's St. John's Wort here)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis cp (WR), Bombus impatiens cp (WR), Bombus vagans cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata cp (WR), Ceratina dupla cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Epeolus ainsliei exp (WR); Megachilidae (Anthidiini): Anthidiellum notatum cp (WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys octodentata exp (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile dakotensis cp (WR), Megachile montivaga cp (Gnd)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura cp (WR), Augochlorella aurata cp (Gnd, WR), Augochloropsis sumptuosa cp (WR), Lasioglossum admirandum cp (WR), Lasioglossum illinoense cp (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale cp (Gnd, WR), Lasioglossum pictum cp (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum cp (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum versatum cp (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki cp (WR), Lasioglossum viridatum cp (WR); Halictidae (Nomiinae): Dieunomia heteropoda heteropoda exp (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes aberrans exp (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. cp (WR), Hylaeus affinis cp (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis cp (WR), Hylaeus mesillae cp (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp (WR); Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons exp (WR)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera pulchella fp (WR); Cerambycidae: Typocerus velutinus fp (WR); Cleridae: Trichodes nuttalli fp (WR); Mordellidae: Mordella atrata fp (WR), Mordella marginata fp (WR)