Flower-Visiting Insects
of Tansy Mustard


Descurainia pinnata (Tansy Mustard)
(Short-tongued bees suck nectar or collect pollen; other insects suck nectar; some observations are from Krombein et al. as indicated below, otherwise observations are from Robertson)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata sn cp fq, Halictus confusus sn cp, Lasioglossum imitatus sn, Lasioglossum pectoralis sn, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus sn cp fq, Lasioglossum pruinosus sn cp, Lasioglossum tegularis sn, Lasioglossum versatus sn cp fq; Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena cressonii sn cp, Andrena illinoiensis (Kr), Andrena nasonii sn, Andrena nigrae (Kr), Andrena personata sn cp, Andrena rubi (Kr)

Flies
Tachinidae: Gymnosoma fuliginosum sn; Fanniidae: Fannia manicata sn


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