Flower-Visiting Insects
of Pale
Smartweed
Persicaria lapathifolia (Pale Smartweed)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Psithyrus variabilis
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Halictus parallelus sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn
Wasps
Sphecidae (Astatinae): Astata unicolor; Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris fumipennis, Cerceris kennicottii, Eucerceris zonata, Philanthus gibbosus, Philanthus ventilabris; Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta; Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta; Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta; Chrysididae: Hedychrum wiltii; Vespidae: Polistes fuscata
Flies
Tachinidae: Copecrypta ruficauda, Gymnosoma fuliginosum; Anthomyiidae: Delia platura
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos
Plant Bugs
Lygaeidae: Lygaeus turcicus