Flower-Visiting Insects
of Trailing Wild
Bean
Strophostyles helvola (Trailing Wild Bean)
(Long-tongued bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen from flowers, other insects suck nectar from flowers or extra-floral nectaries as indicated below. Observations are from Robertson, Fothergill & Vaughn, and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)
Visit flowers:
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis sn cp fq (Rb), Megachile campanulae sn (Rb), Megachile integra sn cp fq olg (Rb), Megachile latimanus sn (Rb), Megachile mendica sn (Rb), Megachile petulans sn cp fq (Rb), Megachile texana sn cp fq (Rb)
Skippers
Hesperiidae: Ancyloxypha numitor sn (FV)
Visit extra-floral nectaries:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn (Rb); Halictidae (Sphecodini): Sphecodes dichrous sn (Rb)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Astatinae): Astata unicolor sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Synnevrus aurinotus sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Crabroninae): Oxybelus uniglumis sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Larrinae): Tachysphex mundus sn (Rb), Trypoxylon frigidum sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris clypeata sn (Rb), Cerceris finitima sn (Rb), Cerceris kennecottii sn fq (Rb), Philanthus gibbosus sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Chalybion californicum sn (Rb), Sceliphron caementarium sn (Rb); Pompilidae: Ageniella longulus sn (Rb), Anoplius atrox sn (Rb); Vespidae (Eumeninae): Parancistrocerus vagus sn (Rb); Vespidae (Polistinae): Polistes fuscatus sn (Rb); Vespidae (Vespinae): Vespula germanica sn (Rb); Mutillidae: Dasymutilla macra sn (Rb), Ephuta scrupea sn (Rb); Chrysididae: Chrysis venusta sn (Rb), Hedychrum parvum sn (Rb); Braconidae: Vipio vulgaris sn (Rb); Ichneumonidae: Sinophorus furus sn (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica fusca sn fq (Rb), Formica incerta sn (WR), Formica pallidefulva sn (WR), Formica schaufussi sn (Rb), Lasius neoniger sn (WR), Lasius niger sn (Rb), Prenolepis imparis sn (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Monomorium minimum sn (WR)
Sawflies
Tenthredinidae: Pristiphora sycophanta sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Chetogena claripennis sn (Rb), Paradidyma singularis sn (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Blaesoxipha hunteri sn (Rb), Blaesoxipha uncata sn (Rb), Helicobia rapax sn (Rb), Ravinia derelicta sn (Rb), Ravinia stimulans sn (Rb), Tripanurga importuna sn (Rb); Muscidae: Bithoracochaeta leucoprocta sn (Rb); Sepsidae: Sepsis violacea sn (Rb); Milichiidae: Pholeomyia indecora sn (Rb); Drosophilidae: Leucophenga varia sn (Rb); Otitidae: Delphinia picta sn (Rb); Platystomatidae: Rivellia quadrifasciata sn (Rb)
Beetles
Coccinellidae: Coccinella novemnotata sn (Rb)
Plant Bugs
Miridae: Lygus lineolaris sn (Rb)