Flower-Visiting Insects
of Old Plainsman
Hymenopappus scabiosaeus (Old Plainsman)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles and flies feed on nectar or pollen, ants suck nectar and they are non-pollinating; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR), Formica subsericea sn np (WR)
Flies
Bombyliidae: Toxophora amphitea sn (WR); Tachinidae: Gymnoclytia occidua sn (WR)
Beetles
Dermestidae: Cryptorhopalum triste (WR)