Flower-Visiting
Insects
of White Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium albidum (White Blue-eyed Grass)
(bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, ants suck nectar and they are non-pollinating, flies suck nectar and/or feed on pollen, the weevil feeds on pollen and gnaws on floral tissue; observations are from Wilhelm & Rericha)
Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina mikmaqi (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR); Megachilidae (Anthidiini): Anthidium manicatum (WR); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella aurata (WR), Lasioglossum leucocomum (WR), Lasioglossum macoupinense (WR), Lasioglossum pectorale (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum pilosum (WR), Lasioglossum versatum (WR), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR), Lasioglossum viridatum (WR); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae (WR)
Ants
Formicidae (Dolichoderinae): Dolichoderus plagiatus sn np (WR); Formicidae (Formicinae): Formica incerta sn np (WR), Lasius alienus sn np (WR); Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Crematogaster cerasi sn np (WR), Myrmica latifrons sn np (WR)
Flies
Syrphidae: Toxomerus marginatus (WR), Xanthogramma flavipes (WR)
Beetles
Curculionidae: Centrinites strigicollis fp gnw (WR)