Flower-Visiting Insects
of Ram's Head Lady Slipper


Cypripedium arietinum (Ram's Head Lady Slipper)
(the flower of this orchid lures insects by deception, as it provides neither nectar nor accessible pollen; small bees explore and cross-pollinate the flowers; observations are from Stoutamire)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis sumptuosa exp (Stm), Lasioglossum sp. exp (Stm)


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