Flower-Visiting Insects
of Long-Headed
Coneflower
Ratibida columnifera (Long-Headed Coneflower)
(This plant is adventive from the Great Plains. Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen; information is limited. Observations are from Mawdsley, Williams, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rightmyer; another common of this plant is Mexican Hat)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus pencilliferus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Svastra obliqua obliqua (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Cleridae: Trichodes bibalteatus (Mwd)