Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Spring
Larkspur
Delphinium tricorne (Spring Larkspur)
(Hummingbirds suck nectar; long-tongued bees usually suck nectar or collect pollen, although Bombus affinis and Xylocopa virginica perforate the flowers [prf] and suck nectar through the perforations [sn@prf]; short-tongued bees collect pollen & are non-pollinating; butterflies, skippers, & moths suck nectar & are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson and Macior)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Rb, Mc)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus affinis prf sn@prf fq np (Mc), Bombus auricomus sn fq (Rb, Mc), Bombus bimaculatus sn fq (Mc), Bombus fervida sn fq (Mc), Bombus griseocollis sn fq (Rb, Mc), Bombus impatiens sn fq (Rb, Mc), Bombus pensylvanica sn fq (Rb, Mc), Bombus perplexus sn fq (Mc), Bombus vagans sn fq (Rb, Mc); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora abrupta sn (Rb), Anthophora ursina sn cp fq (Rb, Mc); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla sn np (Rb); Anthophoridae (Emphorini): Ptilothrix bombiformis sn fq (Mc); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn cp fq icp (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica prf sn@prf fq np (Mc); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia bucephala bucephala sn cp fq (Mc)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea cp np (Rb), Halictus rubicunda cp np (Rb)
Flies
Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn fq np (Mc)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn np (Rb, Mc), Vanessa atalanta sn np (Mc), Vanessa cardui sn np (Mc); Papilionidae: Battus philenor sn fq np (Mc), Papilio glaucus sn fq np (Rb, Mc), Papilio polyxenes asterias sn np (Rb), Papilio troilus sn fq np (Rb, Mc); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn np (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn np (Rb, Mc), Erynnis juvenalis sn np (Mc), Poanes zabulon sn np (Rb, Mc)
Moths
Sphingidae: Amphion floridensis sn fq np (Mc), Hemaris thysbe sn np (Mc), Hyles lineata sn np (Rb)