Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Prairie Cinquefoil
Potentilla arguta (Prairie Cinquefoil)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen. Observations are from Reed, Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha. A scientific synonym of this plant is Drymocallis arguta.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinata (Re)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus (Re), Lasioglossum nymphaearum (Re), Lasioglossum perpunctatum (Re), Lasioglossum pilosum (Re); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (Re)
Flies
Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua sn (WR), Sphaerophoria sp. (Re), Toxomerus marginatus sn (Re, WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)