Flower-Visiting Insects
of Tear Thumb
Tracaulon sagittatum (Tear Thumb)
(Scientific synonyms of this plant include Polygonum sagittatum and Persicaria sagittata. Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, flies and beetles suck nectar or feed on pollen, and wasps suck nectar. Observations are from Williams and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla (WR); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile mendica (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Ectemnius dives sn (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Eristalis transversa (WR), Toxomerus geminatus (WR), Toxomerus marginatus (WR)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)