Flower-Visiting Insects
of White Prairie
Clover
Dalea candida (White Prairie Clover)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, beetles feed on nectar or feed on pollen or gnaw on floral tissue, the true bug is a predator, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Petersen, LaBerge, Krombein et al., Smith et al., Williams, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Rightmyer as indicated below.)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn (Rb); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus auricomus sn (Rb), Bombus bimaculatus (Pt), Bombus fervidus (Pt), Bombus fraternus sn fq (Rb, Smh), Bombus griseocollis sn fq (Rb, Smh, WR), Bombus pensylvanicus (Smh); Anthophoridae (Epeolini): Triepeolus lunatus sn (Rtm); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes communis fq (Smh), Svastra obliqua (LB), Tetraloniella albata (Smh); Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica fq (Smh); Megachilidae (Megachilini): Megachile albitarsis (Smh), Megachile georgica (Smh), Megachile petulans (Smh), Megachile texana (Smh); Megachilidae (Trypetini): Heriades carinata (Kr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon sericeus sn (Rb), Augochlorella aurata sn fq (Rb, WR), Augochlorella gratiosa (Smh), Augochlorella persimilis (WR), Augochlorella striata sn cp (Rb), Augochloropsis metallica metallica sn (Rb), Halictus confusus sn fq (Rb, WR), Halictus ligatus sn (Rb, WR), Halictus parallelus sn fq (Rb, Smh, WR), Halictus rubicundus sn cp fq (Rb, Pt, Smh), Lasioglossum albipenne (WR), Lasioglossum anomalum (WR), Lasioglossum imitatum sn cp fq (Rb, Smh), Lasioglossum paradmirandum (WR), Lasioglossum tegulare (Smh), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp fq (Rb), Lasioglossum vierecki (WR), Lasioglossum zephyrum (WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes robertsonii cp olg (LB, Kr, Smh), Colletes wilmattae cp olg (Kr); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus affinis sn (Rb); Andrenidae (Panurginae): Calliopsis andreniformis (Kr)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Bembicinae): Bicyrtes quadrifasciata sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Philanthinae): Cerceris bicornuta sn (Rb), Philanthus ventilabris sn (Rb); Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Prionyx atratus sn (Rb), Sphex ichneumoneus sn (Rb); Sapygidae: Sapyga interrupta sn (Rb); Tiphiidae: Myzinum quinquecinctum sn fq (Rb)
Ants
Formicidae (Myrmicinae): Myrmica americana sn np (WR)
Flies
Mydidae: Mydas clavatus sn (Rb); Syrphidae: Allograpta obliqua (Rb), Tropidia quadrata (Rb); Bombyliidae: Geron holosericeus sn (WR); Conopidae: Physoconops brachyrhynchus sn fq (Rb), Zodion americanum sn (Rb); Tachinidae: Archytas analis sn (Rb); Calliphoridae: Cochliomyia macellaria (Rb)
Butterflies
Lycaenidae: Everes comyntas sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms); Cerambycidae: Typocerus octonotatus (WR); Chrysomelidae: Diabrotica cristata (WR); Mordellidae: Mordellistena convicta (WR)
Plant Bugs
Anthocoridae: Orius insidiosus prd np (WR)