Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Robin's Plantain
Erigeron pulchellus (Robin's Plantain)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Macior, and Wilhelm & Rericha.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis sn (Mc); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla sn (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus ligatus sn cp (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum ephialtum (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR)
Butterflies
Riodinidae: Everes comyntas sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb)
Beetles
Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis fp gnw np (WR); Mordellidae: Mordellistena cervicalis (WR)
Plant Bugs
Rhopalidae: Harmostes reflexulus (WR)