Flower-Visiting Insects
of Sweet Everlasting
Gnaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting)
(Also referred to as Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium; most short-tongued bees suck nectar, otherwise they suck nectar & collect pollen; other insects suck nectar; all observations are from Robertson, except for observations from Moure & Hurd, Swengel & Swengel, and Williams as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn, Augochlorella striata sn, Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn, Halictus confusus sn, Halictus ligatus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum obscurus sn, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus (MH), Lasioglossum versatus sn fq, Paralictus platyparius sn; Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes americana sn; Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena simplex sn
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius atriceps, Ectemnius rufipes, Ectemnius trifasciatus, Lestica confluentus, Oxybelus mexicanus; Sphecidae (Larrinae): Ancistromma distincta; Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris clypeata, Cerceris compacta, Cerceris finitima, Eucerceris fulvipes; Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila kennedyi, Ammophila pictipennis, Eremnophila aureonotata; Vespidae: Polistes annularis, Polistes fuscata; Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus annulatus, Euodynerus boscii, Stenodynerus ammonia fq, Stenodynerus anormis, Stenodynerus histrionalis, Stenodynerus oculeus; Pompilidae: Anoplius americanus, Anoplius lepidus, Anoplius marginatus, Evagetes parvus; Chrysididae: Ceratochrysis perpulchra, Chrysis venusta, Holopyga ventrale; Ichneumonidae: Metopius pollinctorius; Braconidae: Chelonus sericeus
Flies
Syrphidae: Paragus tibialis, Syritta pipiens; Conopidae: Thecophora occidensis; Tachinidae: Chetogena claripennis, Copecrypta ruficauda, Cylindromyia fumipennis, Distichona varia, Gymnosoma fuliginosum, Lespesia archippivora, Medina barbata, Paradidyma singularis, Plagiomima spinosula, Siphosturmia phyciodis, Spallanzania hesperidarum; Sarcophagidae: Amobia aurifrons, Helicobia rapax fq, Ravinia anxia, Senotainia rubriventris; Calliphoridae: Cochliomyia macellaria, Lucilia illustris, Lucilia sericata; Muscidae: Musca domestica, Neomyia cornicina
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Phyciodes tharos; Lycaenidae: Lycaeides melissa samuelis (Sw)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Atalopedes campestris
Moths
Ctenuchidae: Cisseps fulvicollis
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Rb, Wms)