Flower-Visiting Insects
of Slender
Sandwort
Minuartia patula (Slender Sandwort)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen; observations are from Krombein et al. and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below; Arenaria patula is a scientific synonym of this plant)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena personata (Kr)