Flower-Visiting Insects
and Birds
of Prairie
Blazingstar
Liatris pycnostachya (Prairie Blazingstar)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, other visitors suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Hilty, Reed, Clinebell, Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (H)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn fq (Rb, Cl, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis (Cl), Bombus bimaculatus (Cl), Bombus fervidus (Re), Bombus fraternus (Cl), Bombus griseocollis sn fq (Rb, Cl, WR), Bombus impatiens sn cp (Rb, Cl, WR), Bombus nevadensis (Cl), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp fq (Rb), Bombus vagans sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla sn fq (Rb, Cl, WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus concavus sn (Rb), Triepeolus lunatus concolor sn (Rb), Triepeolus remigatus sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis sn fq (Rb), Melissodes coloradensis sn (Rb), Svastra obliqua sn cp fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (Cl); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile inimica sayi sn cp (Rb), Megachile latimanus sn fq (Rb, WR), Megachile mendica (Cl)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon virescens sn cp fq (Rb, Cl), Halictus ligatus cp np fq (Rb, Cl, WR), Lasioglossum sp. (Cl), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR)
Wasps
Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes dominula sn (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis stipator (Rb), Eristalis tenax (Rb), Platycheirus sp. (Re), Toxomerus marginatus (WR); Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn fq (Rb), Systoechus vulgaris sn (Rb, WR), Villa sp. (Re); Conopidae: Physocephala texana sn (Rb), Stylogaster biannulata sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Cercyonis pegala sn (Cl), Danaus plexippus sn (Rb), Limenitis archippus sn (Rb), Speyeria cybele sn (Rb, Cl), Vanessa cardui sn (H); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn fq (Rb), Pieris rapae sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (Cl), Papilio polyxenes sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Atalopedes campestris sn (Cl), Epargyreus clarus sn (Rb, Cl), Erynnis baptisiae sn (Cl), Euphyes vestris sn (Rb), Hylephila phyleus sn (Cl), Polites peckius sn fq (Rb, Cl), Polites themistocles sn fq (Rb)
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)