Flower-Visiting Insects
of Sand Cress
Arabis lyrata (Sand Cress)
(the butterfly and cuckoo bees suck nectar, otherwise insect activity is unspecified; information is limited to butterflies and bees; observations are from Grundel & Pavlovic, Swengel & Swengel, and Grundel et al. as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (Gnd); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada maculata sn (Gnd); Megachilidae (Anthidiini): Stelis lateralis sn (Gnd); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis producta (Gnd)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (Gnd), Augochloropsis metallica (Gnd), Lasioglossum cressonii (Gnd), Lasioglossum fuscipenne (Gnd), Lasioglossum leucocomum (Gnd), Lasioglossum pectorale (Gnd), Lasioglossum pilosum (Gnd), Lasioglossum vierecki (Gnd); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae (Gnd); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii (Gnd), Andrena nasonii (Gnd)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis sn fq (GP, Sw)