Flower-Visiting
Insects
and Birds
of Solomon's Seal
Polygonatum commutatum (Solomon's Seal)
(Hummingbirds suck nectar, bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen. Observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, and Wilhelm & Rericha.)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Rb, Gr, WR)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb), Bombus vagans sn cp (Rb, Gr); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta sn cp (Rb), Anthophora ursina sn cp (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla sn cp (Rb, WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella striata cp np (Rb), Lasioglossum forbesii sn (Gr), Lasioglossum macoupinense sn cp (Gr)