Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Trumpet
Creeper
Campsis radicans (Trumpet Creeper)
(Hummingbirds suck nectar from flowers, while orioles perforate [prf] the flowers near their corollas to steal nectar [sn@prf], and sometimes hummingbirds sucked nectar from these perforations as well; according to Robertson, bees collect pollen from flowers & are non-pollinating, however Bertin found that the honeybee and bumblebees sometimes sucked nectar within the flowers and successfully pollinated them; Halictid bees, ants, and flies suck nectar from extra-floral nectaries; observations are from Robertson, Bertin, and Smith et al.)
Flower visitors:
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn fq sn@prf (Rb, Brt), Icterus galbula prf sn@prf np (Brt), Icterus spurius prf sn@prf np (Brt)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn cp (Brt); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus spp. sn cp (Brt), Bombus pensylvanica cp fq np (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Unidentified spp. cp np (Brt), Augochlorella aurata (Smh), Lasioglossum zephyrus cp np (Rb)
Moths
Sphingidae: Manduca sexta sn (Brt)
Extra-floral nectary visitors:
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum imitatus sn fq (Rb), Lasioglossum versatus sn fq (Rb), Lasioglossum zephyrus sn fq (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae: Crematogaster lineolata sn fq (Rb), Formica fusca sn fq (Rb), Formica schaufussi sn (Rb), Tapinoma sessilis sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens sn (Rb); Sarcophagidae: Helicobia rapax sn (Rb), Ravinia anxia sn (Rb), Ravinia stimulans sn (Rb); Calliphoridae: Lucilia sericata sn (Rb); Muscidae: Musca domestica sn (Rb), Stomoxys calcitrans sn (Rb); Milichiidae: Milichiella lucidula sn fq (Rb); Otitidae: Delphinia picta sn fq (Rb)