Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Large-Flowered Bellwort
Uvularia grandiflora (Large-Flowered Bellwort)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, while flies suck nectar and/or feed on pollen. Observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus sn (Rb, WR), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp (Rb, Gr); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris sn (Rb), Osmia pumila sn (Gr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura (WR), Halictus confusus sn (Gr), Lasioglossum cressonii sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn (Gr), Lasioglossum versatum sn (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena sp. sn (Gr), Andrena carlini sn cp (Rb, WR), Andrena cressonii sn cp (Gr), Andrena dunningi (WR), Andrena mandibularis sn cp (Rb), Andrena pruni sn (Rb), Andrena rufosignata sn cp (Gr)
Flies
Syrphidae: Hiatomyia cyanescens sn fp (Gr)