Flower-Visiting Insects
of Prairie
Lily
Lilium philadelphicum (Prairie Lily)
(Short-tongued bees collect pollen and are non-pollinating; hummingbirds, butterflies, and moths suck nectar; observations are from Graenicher and Edwards & Jordan)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (EJ)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata cp np (Gr), Lasioglossum versatus cp np (Gr)
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (EJ), Papilio polyxenes asterias sn (Gr); Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (EJ), Speyeria cybele sn fq (Gr), Phyciodes tharos sn (Gr)
Moths
Sphingidae: Hemaris sp. sn (EJ)