Flower-Visiting Insects
of Prairie Indian
Plantain
Arnoglossum plantagineum (Prairie Indian Plantain)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles feed on nectar and/or pollen, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile pugnata (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus (WR); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichroa sn (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Anacrabro ocellatus sn (WR); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Philanthus bilunatus sn (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Parancistrocerus pensylvanicus sn (WR); Scoliidae: Campsomeris plumipes sn (WR); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum sn (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Dolichoderus mariae sn (WR), Tapinoma sessile sn (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Temnothorax ambiguus sn (WR)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaena hyllus sn (Rb)
Beetles
Mordellidae: Hoshihananomia octopunctata (WR), Mordella atrata (WR), Mordella marginata (WR), Mordellistena cervicalis (WR), Mordellistena suturella (WR); Ripiphoridae: Macrosiagon limbata lgf (WR)
Plant Bugs
Lygaeidae: Lygaeus turcicus sn (Rb); Miridae: Lygus lineolaris (WR); Thyreocoridae: Corimelaena lateralis (WR)