Flower-Visiting Insects
of Purple
Passionflower
Passiflora incarnata (Purple Passionflower)
(Ants suck nectar from extra-floral nectaries at the base of the leaves and at the base of bracts underneath the flowers/buds; bees suck nectar and collect pollen from the flowers; observations are from Krombein et al. and McLain as indicated below)
Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Panurginae): Anthemurgus passiflorae sn cp olg (Kr)
Ants
Formicidae: Camponotus nearcticus sn (McL), Crematogaster lineolata sn (McL), Forelius pruinosum sn (McL), Formica pallidefulva sn (McL), Solenopsis invicta sn (McL)