Flower-Visiting Insects
of Venus' Looking
Glass
Triodanis perfoliata (Venus' Looking Glass)
(Short-tongued bees collect pollen or suck nectar; some flies feed on pollen and are non-pollinating; other insects suck nectar; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are from Mitchell, Moure & Hurd, and Lewis as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn (Rb), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica (Mch); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus (Mch), Hoplitis pilosifrons (Mch)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn cp fq (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn (Rb), Halictus confusus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum versatus sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum vierecki (MH); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes brevicornis sn cp fq olg (Rb)
Wasps
Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus fp np (Rb); Bombyliidae: Hemipenthes sinuosa fp np (Rb); Conopidae: Stylogaster biannulata sn (Rb), Thecophora occidensis sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn; Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn (Rb, Lw)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Staphylus hayhurstii sn (Rb)