Flower-Visiting Insects
of Stiff Sandwort


Minuartia michauxii (Stiff Sandwort)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, the ant sucks nectar and it is non-pollinating; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha; Arenaria stricta texana is a scientific synonym of this plant, another common for it is Michaux's Stitchwort)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada articulata sn (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (WR), Hoplitis producta (WR)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Halictus ligatus (WR), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR), Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae (WR)

Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR)


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