Flower-Visiting Insects
of Prairie
Gentian
Gentian puberulenta (Prairie Gentian)
(Also referred to as Gentiana puberula and Downy Gentian; bees suck nectar or collect pollen; the beetle feeds on pollen; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn/cp (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn/cp (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorinae): Anthophora terminalis sn/cp (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn/cp (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla sn/cp (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile montivaga sn/cp (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn/cp (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis sn/cp (WR), Hylaeus mesillae sn/cp (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus fp (WR)