Flower-Visiting Insects
of Mayapple
Podophyllum peltatum (Mayapple)
(Long-tongued bees suck nectar, collect pollen, or explore the flowers; observations are from Robertson and Motten; Robertson assumed that the flowers produced nectar, but Motten states that the flowers are nectarless)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus cp/exp (Mtt), Bombus griseocallis sn (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica cp/exp (Mtt)