Flower-Visiting Insects
of Sweet
Coneflower
Rudbeckia subtomentosa (Sweet Coneflower)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, or suck nectar; beetles feed on nectar or pollen; flies mostly suck nectar and less often feed on pollen; plant bugs suck nectar or feed on floral tissue; other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Williams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla sn cp fq (Rb, WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Epeolus bifasciatus sn (Rb), Triepeolus lunatus concolor sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes rustica sn (Rb), Melissodes trinodis sn cp fq (Rb), Svastra obliqua obliqua sn cp fq (Rb), Svastra petulca petulca sn cp (Rb); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis brevis sn fq (Rb), Megachile campanulae campanulae sn (Rb), Megachile inimica sayi sn cp (Rb, WR), Megachile montivaga (WR), Megachile parallela parallela sn (Rb), Megachile petulans sn cp fq (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Halictus confusus sn cp fq (Rb), Halictus ligatus sn cp fq (Rb, WR), Halictus parallelus sn (Rb), Lasioglossum albipenne sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum apocyni (WR), Lasioglossum coreopsis sn cp (Rb), Lasioglossum coriaceum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrum sn (Rb); Halictidae (Nomiinae): Dieunomia triangulifera (WR); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena rudbeckiae cp olg (Rb); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Heterosarus albitarsis sn cp (Rb), Heterosarus rudbeckiae sn cp fq olg (Rb), Heterosarus solidaginis sn cp fq (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bembix americana spinolae sn (WR), Bembix nubilipennis sn (Rb), Bicyrtes ventralis sn fq (Rb), Glenostictia pictifrons sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius maculosus sn (WR); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi sn (Rb), Ammophila nigricans sn fq (Rb), Ammophila pictipennis sn fq (Rb), Eremnophila aureonotata sn (Rb), Prionyx atrata sn (Rb), Prionyx thomae sn (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus annulatus sn fq (Rb), Euodynerus boscii sn (Rb), Pterocheilus quinquefasciatus sn (Rb), Stenodynerus anormis sn fq (Rb); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum sn (Rb); Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta sn (Rb); Ichneumonidae: Ceratogastra ornata sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis dimidiata (WR), Eristalis stipator sn fq (Rb), Eristalis transversa sn fq (Rb, WR), Orthonevra nitida sn (Rb), Sphaerophoria contiqua sn (Rb), Syritta pipiens sn (Rb, WR), Toxomerus geminatus sn (Rb), Toxomerus marginatus sn fp fq (Rb, WR), Toxomerus politus sn (Rb); Empididae: Empis clausa sn fq (Rb); Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa decora sn (Rb), Exoprosopa fascipennis sn fq (Rb), Lepidophora lepidocera sn (Rb), Pthiria cincta sn fq (Coquillett, MS), Sparnopolius confusus sn fq (Rb, WR), Systoechus vulgaris sn fq (Rb), Tmenophlebia aldrichi sn (Rb), Toxophora amphitea sn (Rb); Conopidae: Thecophora occidensis sn (Rb), Zodion obliquefasciatum sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Clausicella floridensis sn (Rb), Cylindromyia euchenor sn (Rb), Cylindromyia fumipennis sn (Rb), Gymnoclytia occidua sn fq (Rb), Leucostoma simplex sn (Rb), Phasia purpurascens sn (Rb), Plagiomima spinosula sn fq (Rb), Siphona geniculata sn (Rb), Spallanzania hesperidarum sn fq (Rb), Tachinomyia panaetius sn (Rb); Anthomyiidae: Leucophora siphonina sn (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Sphixapata trilineata sn (Rb); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina sn (Rb); Milichiidae: Eusiphona mira sn (Rb); Chloropidae: Olcella cinerea sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Chlosyne nycteis sn (Rb), Limenitis archippus sn (Rb), Phyciodes tharos sn fq (Rb); Lycaenidae: Celastrina argiolus sn (Rb), Everes comyntas sn (Rb), Lycaena hyllus sn (Rb), Strymon melinus sn (Rb); Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (Rb), Pontia protodice sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn (WR), Polites themistocles sn (Rb, WR)
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus sn (Rb, Wms, WR); Cerambycidae: Batyle suturale fp (Rb); Curculionidae: Odontocorynus scutellum-album fp (Rb)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Adelphocoris rapidus (Rb), Lygus lineolaris (Rb); Pentatomidae: Euschistus ictericus (Rb); Rhopalidae: Harmostes reflexulus (Rb)