Flower-Visiting
Insects
of Teasel
Dipsacus fullonum (Teasel) introduced
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, beetle activity is unspecified, or insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Willams, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera (WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis (WR), Bombus impatiens (WR), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea sn cp (Rb), Agapostemon virescens sn (Rb)
Flies
Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn fq (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Rb), Vanessa virginiensis sn (Rb); Papilionidae: Papilio glaucus sn (Rb); Pieridae: Pontia protodice sn (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis martialis sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)