Flower-Visiting Insects
of Pale Indian
Plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Pale Indian Plantain)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, and wasps suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Tuell et al., Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (Tll, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (Tll), Bombus griseocallis (WR), Bombus impatiens fq (Tll); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes spp. (Tll), Svastra obliqua (WR); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinatus (WR), Heriades leavitti (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus cp (Rb, Tll, WR), Lasioglossum admirandum (Tll), Lasioglossum cressonii (Tll), Lasioglossum imitatum cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum laevissimum (WR), Lasioglossum pilsoum (Tll), Lasioglossum rohweri (Tll); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes antennariae sn (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes kincaidii (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. sn (WR), Hylaeus affinis sn (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis sn (WR), Hylaeus mesillae sn (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bembix americana spinolae sn (WR); Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Anacrabro ocellatus sn (WR), Ectemnius maculosus sn (WR), Lestica confluentus sn (Rb, WR), Oxybelus emarginatus sn (Rb), Oxybelus uniglumis sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris clypeata sn (WR), Cerceris echo atrata sn (WR), Cerceris nigrescens sn (WR), Philanthus bilunatus sn (WR), Philanthus gibbosus sn (Rb, WR); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi sn (Rb), Isodontia mexicana sn (WR), Prionyx atratus sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Eumenes fraterna sn (Rb), Euodynerus hidalgo sn (WR), Monobia quadridens sn (WR), Pseudodynerus quadrisectus sn (WR); Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes dominula sn (WR), Polistes fuscatus sn (WR); Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta sn (Rb); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum sn (WR)
Flies
Empididae: Empis clausa sn (Rb); Syrphidae: Orthonevra nitida (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Conopidae: Thecophora occidensis (WR); Tachinidae: Trichopoda pennipes (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata (WR)