Flower-Visiting Insects
of Slender Bush
Clover
Lespedeza virginica (Slender Bush Clover)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn cp fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora walshii sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus concavus sn (Rb), Triepeolus simplex sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes comptoides sn (Rb), Melissodes dentiventris sn (Rb), Melissodes nivea sn cp (Rb); Megachilidae (Coelioxini): Coelioxys germana sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Megachile latimanus sn (Rb), Megachile petulans sn cp (Rb, WR), Megachile texana (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (WR), Augochlorella aurata sn (Rb), Augochlorella striata sn (Rb), Halictus ligatus sn (Rb); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes americanus sn (Rb); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn (Rb)
Flies
Anthomyiidae: Heterostylodes laevis sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn np fq (Rb, WR), Strymon melinus sn np (Rb); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn np (Rb), Eurema lisa sn (WR)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Polites themistocles sn np (Rb)