Flower-Visiting Insects
of Plains
Sunflower
Helianthus petiolaris (Plains Sunflower)
(This plant is adventive from the Great Plains. Cuckoo bees suck nectar, beetle activity is unspecified; information is limited; observations are from Mawdsley and Rightmyer)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus cressonii sn (Rtm), Triepeolus dacotensis sn (Rtm), Triepeolus distinctus sn (Rtm), Triepeolus helianthi sn (Rtm), Triepeolus lunatus sn (Rtm), Triepeolus martini sn (Rtm), Triepeolus quadrifasciatus sn (Rtm), Triepeolus subalpinus sn (Rtm)
Beetles
Cleridae: Phyllobaenus pubescens (Mwd)