Flower-Visiting Insects
of Swamp Rose Mallow
Hibiscus moscheutos (Swamp Rose Mallow)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, wasps suck nectar or prey on other insects, the skipper sucks nectar; observations are by Spira and Wilhelm & Rericha; Hibiscus palustris is a scientific synonym of this plant)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus (Sp); Anthophoridae (Emphorini): Ptilothrix bombiformis cp olg (Sp, WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata (WR); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Lasioglossum hitchensi (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Eremnophila aureonotata sn/prd (WR); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Euodynerus foraminatus sn/prd (WR)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Epargyreus clarus sn (WR)