Flower-Visiting Insects
of Slender False
Foxglove
Agalinis tenuifolia (Slender False Foxglove)
(Bees collect pollen or suck nectar; beetles knaw on the flowers [gnw]; Syrphid flies feed on pollen or stray pollen [fsp]; Halictid bees collect pollen or stray pollen [csp]; butterflies suck nectar; only long-tongued bees and Panurgine bees are effective at pollination; most observations are from Robertson, although two observations are from Mitchell and Graenicher as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fraternus sn, Bombus griseocallis sn, Bombus impatiens sn fq, Bombus pensylvanica sn fq; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes boltoniae cp; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn cp fq cpt, Megachile latimanus cp, Megachile mendica cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata cp np, Lasioglossum versatus csp np; Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn cp fq icp, Heterosarus parvus (Mch)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eupeodes americanus fsp np, Tropidia quadrata (Gr)
Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice sn np, Pieris rapae sn np
Beetles
Meloidae: Pyrota mylabrina gnw np