Flower-Visiting Insects
of Rocky Mountain Bee Plant
Cleome serrulata (Rocky Mountain Bee Plant)
(Bees suck nectar and possibly collect pollen; information is restricted to bees; observations are from Mitchell, Moure & Hurd, LaBerge, Krombein et al., and Stevens as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes agilis (Mch), Melissodes communis (Mch), Melissodes comptoides (LB), Melissodes coreopsis (Mch), Melissodes menuachus (Mch), Melissodes rustica (Mch), Svastra atripes atripes (LB), Svastra obliqua obliqua (LB); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile inimica sayi (Mch), Megachile latimanus (Mch, Stv); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinatus (Kr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis sumptuosa (MH), Halictus rubicundus (MH), Lasioglossum illinoense (MH), Lasioglossum pruinosum (MH), Lasioglossum tegulare (MH), Lasioglossum versatum (MH); Halictidae (Nomiinae): Nomia triangulifera (MH, Kr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena helianthi (Kr)