Flower-Visiting Insects
of Patterson's Bindweed


Stylisma pickeringii pattersonii (Patterson's Bindweed)
(insect activity is unspecified, but generally bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while flies suck nectar or feed on pollen; observations are from Todd et al.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens, Lasioglossum sp.; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Perdita sp.

Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus; Bombyliidae: Heterostylum croceum, Heterostylum robustum; Nemestrinidae: Neorhynchocephalus volaticus


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