Flower-Visiting Insects
of Swamp Loosestrife
Decodon verticillatus (Swamp Loosestrife)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen, the butterfly sucks nectar; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Lasioglossum ephialtum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus sp. (WR), Hylaeus illinoisensis (WR)
Butterflies
Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (WR)