Flower-Visiting Insects
of Lance-leaved Loosestrife
Lysimachia lanceolata (Lance-leaved Loosestrife)
(Melittid bees collect pollen [cp] and floral oil [cfo] from the flowers as food for their larvae, they are oligoleges of Lysimachia spp.; other bees collect pollen only, while flies feed on pollen; observations are from Robertson, Grundel et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum hitchensi cp (WR), Lasioglossum lineatulum cp (WR), Lasioglossum mitchelli cp (Gnd), Lasioglossum paradmirandum cp (WR), Lasioglossum versatum cp (WR); Melittidae: Macropis ciliata cfo cp olg (WR), Macropis nuda cfo cp olg (WR), Macropis steironematis cfo cp fq olg (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens fp (WR)