Flower-Visiting Insects
of Small-Flowered
Buttercup
Ranunculus abortivus (Small-Flowered Buttercup)
(Beetles feed on pollen or suck nectar, other insects suck nectar primarily; most observations are from Robertson, otherwise they are Krombein et al., Discover Life, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada ovatus sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn, Augochlorella striata sn, Halictus confusus sn, Lasioglossum cressonii sn, Lasioglossum imitatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena hippotes (Kr), Andrena mandibularis (DL), Andrena personata sn fq
Ants
Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Temnothorax curvispinosus sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Cheilosia hoodiana sn, Paragus bicolor sn fq, Sphaerophoria contiqua sn fq, Toxomerus marginatus sn fq, Trichopsomyia apisaon sn; Tachinidae: Periscepsia laevigata sn, Siphona geniculata sn fq; Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax sn
Beetles
Coccinellidae: Coccinella novemnotata sn, Coleomegilla maculata fp