Flower-Visiting Insects
of Water
Lotus
Nelumbo lutea (Water Lotus)
(Most bees collect pollen; flies & beetles feed on pollen; bumblebees & wasps explore the flowers & are non-pollinating; some insects become dead on the flowers and are non-pollinating; the short-tongued bees Lasioglossum nelumbonis, Lasioglossum nymphaearum, & Hylaeus nelumbonis are probably oligoleges of Water Lotus and similar species of wetland plants; observations are from Robertson)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera cp fq; Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fraternus exp np, Bombus griseocallis exp np, Bombus impatiens dead np, Bombus pensylvanica exp np; Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla dupla cp
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericea cp fq, Augochlorella striata cp fq, Halictus ligatus cp, Halictus parallelus cp fq, Halictus rubicunda cp, Lasioglossum imitatus cp, Lasioglossum nelumbonis cp fq olg, Lasioglossum nymphaearum cp fq olg, Lasioglossum pilosus pilosus cp fq, Lasioglossum versatus fp cp fq; Colletidae (Hylaeninae): Hylaeus affinis cp, Hylaeus nelumbonis cp olg
Wasps
Scoliidae: Scolia bicincta exp np; Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta exp np
Flies
Syrphidae: Orthonevra nitida fp, Sphaerophoria contiqua fp, Syritta pipiens fp, Syrphus ribesii fp, Toxomerus marginatus fp, Trichopsomyia banksi fp fq; Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina dead np; Ephydridae: Notiphila unicolor fp fq
Beetles
Cerambycidae: Typocerus badia fp; Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica undecimpunctata fp fq; Coccinellidae: Coleomegilla maculata fp, Hippodamia tredecimpunctata fp