Flower-Visiting Insects
of Swamp
Buttercup
Ranunculus septentrionalis (Swamp Buttercup)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen; beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen; other insects suck nectar; individual observations are from Graenicher and Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise they are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata sn, Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq; Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn; Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia conjuncta cp, Osmia distincta sn, Osmia lignaria lignaria sn, Osmia pumila sn cp fq
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora purus sn, Augochlorella striata sn cp fq, Halictus confusus sn cp, Halictus ligatus sn cp, Halictus rubicunda sn cp, Lasioglossum coriaceus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn fq, Lasioglossum obscurus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn cp, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp, Lasioglossum zephyrus sn; Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes ranunculi sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena miranda (Kr), Andrena cressonii sn cp, Andrena personata sn, Andrena polemonii sn fq
Flies
Syrphidae: Cheilosia capillata fq, Dasysyrphus venustus, Eupeodes americanus, Pipiza femoralis, Platycheirus obscurus, Sphaerophoria contiqua, Syrphus ribesii, Syrphus torvus, Toxomerus geminatus, Trichopsomyia apisaon; Bombyliidae: Bombylius fascipennis, Bombylius major (Rb, Gr); Tachinidae: Siphona geniculata; Muscidae: Morellia micans, Phaonia diruta; Anthomyiidae: Anthomyia pluvialis, Delia platura, Delia radicum; Milichiidae: Phyllomyza dilatata
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis brizo, Erynnis juvenalis, Thorybes bathyllus
Beetles
Carabidae: Lebia viridis sn np; Chrysomelidae: Acalymma vittatum fp np; Coccinellidae: Coleomegilla maculata fp np; Curculionidae: Centrinaspis perscilla fp np, Idiostethus subcalvus sn np; Oedemeridae: Asclera ruficollis fp np; Pyrochroidae: Pedilus terminalis sn fq