Flower-Visiting Insects
of Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Graenicher, Steury et al., Tuell et al., Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Gr, Tll, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn cp (WR), Bombus griseocollis sn cp (WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Tll, WR), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Gr), Bombus ternarius sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora terminalis sn (Gr), Anthophora walshii sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn (Gr, WR); Megachilidae (Anthidinini): Anthidium oblongatum (SDO, WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis sn cp (WR), Megachile centuncularis sn (Gr), Megachile latimanus sn (WR), Megachile mendica (SDO), Megachile relativa sn cp (WR), Megachile texana sn cp (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata (SDO, WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (WR), Halictus confusus sn cp (WR), Halictus rubicundus sn cp (WR), Lasioglossum acuminatum (Tll), Lasioglossum admirandum fq (Tll), Lasioglossum albipennis cp (Gr), Lasioglossum apocyni (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (WR), Lasioglossum forbesii sn cp (Gr), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum cp (Gr, WR), Lasioglossum laevissimum (WR), Lasioglossum leucomum (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum (Tll), Lasioglossum truncatum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum cp (Gr); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes eulophi sn (Gr), Colletes kincaidii sn cp (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Tropidia quadrata sn (Gr)
Butterflies
Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn (Gr)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Hylephila phyleus sn (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus sn fp (Wms, WR); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata sn fp (WR)