Flower-Visiting Insects
of Purple Prairie Clover
Dalea purpurea (Purple Prairie Clover)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar; flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Petersen, Moure & Hurd, Reed, Smith et al., Williams, Stevens, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (Re, WR), Bombus auricomus sn cp (Rb, Re, WR), Bombus bimaculatus (Re, Smh, WR), Bombus fervidus (Pt, Re, WR), Bombus fraternus sn cp fq (Rb, Smh), Bombus griseocollis sn cp fq (Rb, Re, Smh, WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Rb, Re, Smh, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp fq (Rb, Re, Smh), Bombus ternarius (Re), Bombus vagans (Re, WR), Psithyrus variabilis sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora walshii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina cockerelli (Smh), Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Epeolus bifasciatus sn (Rb), Triepeolus concavus sn fq (Rb), Triepeolus lunatus concolor sn fq (Rb), Triepeolus lunatus lunatus sn (Rb), Triepeolus remigatus sn (Rb), Triepeolus simplex sn (Smh); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis sn (Rb, Re, Smh), Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn cp fq (Rb, Re, Smh, WR), Melissodes communis communis sn cp fq (Rb, Smh), Melissodes comptoides sn fq (Rb), Melissodes denticulata sn (Rb), Melissodes illata (Re), Melissodes tepaneca sn cp fq (Rb), Melissodes trinodis sn (Rb, WR), Svastra obliqua obliqua sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Svastra petulca (Smh), Synhalonia speciosa sn cp (Rb), Tetraloniella albata sn fq (Rb, Smh); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica sn fq (Rb, Smh, WR); Megachilidae (Anthidini): Anthidiellum notatum (Smh, WR); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys alternata alternata sn (Rb), Coelioxys germana sn (Rb, WR), Coelioxys octodentata sn fq (Rb), Coelioxys rufitarsis rufitarsis sn (Rb, Re), Coelioxys sayi sn (Rb, WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Megachile dakotensis (WR), Megachile frugalis cp (WR), Megachile georgica (Smh), Megachile inimica sayi sn (Rb), Megachile latimanus sn cp fq (Rb, Re, Stv, WR), Megachile mendica (WR), Megachile parallela parallela sn (Rb), Megachile petulans fq (Smh, WR), Megachile pugnata (WR), Megachile texana (WR), Megachile xylocopoides (Smh); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis cylindricus sn cp fq (Rb), Hoplitis pilosifrons sn cp (Rb, Smh); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades leavitti sn cp (Rb, Smh)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn (Rb, Re), Agapostemon splendens sn (Rb, Re), Agapostemon texanus texanus sn (Rb, Re), Agapostemon virescens sn cp fq (Rb, Re, WR), Augochlorella aurata sn cp fq (Rb, Smh, WR), Augochlorella gratiosa fq (Smh), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Augochlorella striata sn cp fq (Rb, Re), Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn cp fq (Rb, Re), Augochloropsis metallica fulgida (WR), Halictus confusus sn cp fq (Rb, Re, WR), Halictus ligatus sn cp (Rb, WR), Halictus parallelus sn cp fq (Rb, MH, Smh, WR), Halictus rubicundus sn cp fq (Rb, Pt, Smh, WR), Lasioglossum sp. (Re), Lasioglossum admirandum (WR), Lasioglossum albipenne cp fq (Rb, Re, WR), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR), Lasioglossum apocyni (WR), Lasioglossum callidum (WR), Lasioglossum coreopsis (WR), Lasioglossum cressonii (Re, WR), Lasioglossum ellisiae (WR), Lasioglossum fattigi (WR), Lasioglossum heterognathum (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum illinoense (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum fq (Smh, WR), Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum lineatulum (Re, WR), Lasioglossum nymphaearum (Re), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (Re, WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (Re), Lasioglossum pictum (Re), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn cp (Rb, Re, WR), Lasioglossum pruinosum sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum rohweri (Re), Lasioglossum smilacinae (WR), Lasioglossum subviridatum (WR), Lasioglossum tegulare (Re, Smh, WR), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (Re, WR), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR), Lasioglossum weemsi (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum (WR); Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia nortoni nortoni sn (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes aberrans (Re, WR), Colletes albescens sn cp olg (Rb), Colletes kincaidii sn (WR), Colletes robertsonii sn cp olg fq (Rb, Smh), Colletes susannae cp olg (Re), Colletes wilmattae cp olg (Re); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (Re), Hylaeus mesillae (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena commoda (Re)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bembix americana (Rb), Bembix nubilipennis (Rb), Bembix sayi (Re), Microbembex monodonta sn (WR); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris bicornuta (Rb), Philanthus sanbornii (Re), Philanthus ventilabris (Rb, Re); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi (Rb), Ammophila nigricans fq (Rb), Ammophila pictipennis (Rb), Ammophila procera (Rb), Eremnophila aureonotata (Rb), Prionyx atrata (Rb, Re), Prionyx thomae (Rb), Sphex ichneumonea (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Eumenes fraterna (Rb); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecincta fq (Rb, Re); Scoliidae: Campsomeris plumipes (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Camponotus americanus sn (WR), Formica dolosa sn (WR), Formica incerta sn (WR), Formica vinculans sn (WR), Lasius neoniger sn (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn (WR), Monomorium minimum sn (WR), Myrmica AF-eva sn (WR), Myrmica americana sn (WR), Solenopsis molesta sn (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua sn (Rb), Eristalis flavipes fp (WR), Eristalis stipator sn (Rb), Eristalis tenax (Re), Eupeodes sp. (Re), Helophilus latifrons sn (Rb, Re), Neocnemodon sp. (Re), Sphaerophoria contiqua sn (Rb, Re), Syrphus sp. (Re), Toxomerus geminatus (Re), Toxomerus marginatus sn fp (Rb, Re, WR), Tropidia quadrata sn (Rb); Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn (Rb), Systoechus vulgaris sn (Rb), Villa sp. (Re); Conopidae: Physocephala texana sn (Rb), Thecophora occidensis sn (Rb), Zodion obliquefasciatum sn (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Ravinia anxia sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn (Rb); Pieridae: Colias cesonia sn (Rb), Colias philodice sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Pholisora catullus sn (Rb), Polites peckius sn (Rb), Polites themistocles sn (Rb)
Beetles
Buprestidae: Acmaeodera pulchella (WR); Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Cerambycidae: Typocerus sinuatus sn (Rb); Chrysomelidae: Colaspis brunnea (WR), Diabrotica sp. (Re), Diabrotica cristata (WR), Diabrotica undecimpunctata sn (Rb); Meloidae: Epicauta atrata sn (Rb), Epicauta pennsylvanica sn (Rb)
Plant Bugs
Alydidae: Alydus eurinus (WR), Alydus pilosulus (WR); Miridae: Adelphocoris lineolatus (WR), Adelphocoris rapidus (Rb), Lygus lineolaris (WR); Pentatomidae: Euschistus ictericus (Rb); Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena lateralis (WR)