Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild Blue Lettuce
Lactuca pulchella (Wild Blue Lettuce)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen. Observations are from LaBerge, Moure & Hurd, Wilhelm & Rericha, Stevens, and Rightmyer. Mulgedium pulchellum is a scientific synonym of this plant.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus dacotensis sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes tepaneca (LB); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile brevis (Stv), Megachile latimanus sn (Stv), Megachile relativa (Stv)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata (MH), Halictus ligatus (WR), Halictus rubicundus (MH), Lasioglossum coriaceum (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum (WR)