Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium campestre (Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, the butterfly sucks nectar, the weevil feeds on pollen and gnaws on floral tissue; observations are from Reed, Swengel & Swengel, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Halictus confusus (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR), Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (WR), Lasioglossum pictum (Re), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum (Re), Lasioglossum paraforbesii (Re); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis (Re); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena nasonii (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Sphaerophoria sp. (Re), Toxomerus marginatus fp (WR)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn (Sw)
Beetles
Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis fp gnw (WR)