Flower-Visiting Insects
of Ten Petal Stickleaf
Mentzelia decapetala (Ten Petal Stickleaf)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, Sphinx moths suck nectar. Observations are from Verne, Stevens, and Discover Life as indicated below. Verne states that the flowers of this plant are primarily bee-pollinated.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus (DL); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile latimanus (Stv, DL)
Bees (short-tongued)
Andrenidae (Panurginae): Perdita kiowi (DL)
Moths
Sphingidae: Sphinx vashti sn (Vn), Unidentified sp. sn (Vn)