Flower-Visiting Insects
of Nodding Bur-Marigold
Bidens cernua (Nodding Bur-Marigold)
(Bees suck nectar and sometimes collect pollen; beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn fq (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fraternus sn (Rb), Bombus griseocollis sn (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Epeolus autumnalis sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis sn (Rb), Melissodes boltoniae sn cp fq (Rb), Melissodes rustica sn (Rb), Melissodes trinodis sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp fq (Rb), Megachile latimanus sn cp (Rb), Megachile mendica sn (Rb), Megachile petulans sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes compactus sn cp fq (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena aliciae sn cp (Rb)
Wasps
Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta fq sn (Rb); Vespidae: Polistes annularis sn (Rb), Polistes fuscatus sn (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Eumenes fraternus sn (Rb); Ichneumonidae: Exetastes suaveolens sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiatus (Rb), Eristalis stipator (WR), Eristalis transversus fq (Rb), Helophilus fasciatus (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus (Rb, WR); Bombyliidae: Poecilanthrax alcyon (Rb), Sparnopolius confusus fq (Rb, Gr), Systoechus vulgaris (Rb); Tachinidae: Archytas aterrima fq (Rb), Plagiomima spinosula (Rb); Calliphoridae: Cochliomyia macellaria (Rb); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Zaphne ambigua (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn fq (Rb), Limenitis archippus sn (Rb), Phyciodes tharos sn (Rb), Vanessa atalanta sn (Rb), Vanessa virginiensis sn (Rb); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn fq (Rb); Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Atalopedes campestris sn (Rb)
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn (Rb); Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera sn (Rb), Feltia jaculifera sn (Rb), Helicoverpa zea sn (Rb), Heliothis sp. sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus sn fq (Rb, Wms); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica undecimpunctata fp gnw np (Rb, WR), Diabrotica virgifera gnw np (WR)