Flower-Visiting Insects
of Purple
Vetch
Vicia americana (Purple Vetch)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, the skipper sucks nectar; observations are from Reed and Wilhelm & Rericha; this plant is also called American Vetch)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervidus (Re), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus vagans (WR); Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora terminalis (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (Re)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus (Re); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena wilkella (Re)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Poanes hobomok sn (WR)