Flower-Visiting Insects
of Small Wild
Bean
Strophostyles leiosperma (Small Wild Bean)
(Bees visit flowers for nectar; ants & short-tongued bees visit extra-floral nectaries for nectar; observations are from Robertson)
Visit flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanica sn; Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis sn
Visit extra-floral nectaries:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn
Ants
Formicidae: Formica schaufussi sn fq