Flower-Visiting Insects
of Spring
Cress
Cardamine bulbosa (Spring Cress)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; other insects suck nectar; one observation is from Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn, Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia speciosa sn; Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada denticulata sn, Nomada superba superba sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons sn, Osmia atriventris sn fq, Osmia collinsiae sn, Osmia conjuncta sn cp, Osmia cordata sn fq, Osmia georgica sn, Osmia lignaria lignaria sn, Osmia pumila sn cp fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn, Augochlorella striata sn, Halictus confusus sn fq, Halictus ligatus sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum pruinosus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena arabis sn cp fq, Andrena forbesii (Kr), Andrena miserabilis bipunctata sn, Andrena personata sn, Andrena sayi sn, Andrena violae sn
Flies
Stratiomyidae: Nemotelus glaber; Syrphidae: Orthonevra pictipennis, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Toxomerus marginatus; Empididae: Empis desiderata, Empis nuda, Empis otiosa; Bombyliidae: Bombylius atriceps fq, Bombylius major; Conopidae: Zodion fulvifrons; Calliphoridae: Lucilia illustris; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis, Vanessa atalanta; Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas; Pieridae: Colias philodice, Eurema nicippe, Pieris rapae
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus, Pholisora catullus