Flower-Visiting Insects
of White Trout Lily

Erythronium albidum (White Trout Lily)
(Bees suck nectar and/or collect pollen, flies suck nectar or feed on pollen, other insects suck nectar. Observations are from Robertson, Graenicher Schemske et al., and Wilhelm & Rericha as indicated below.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apini): Apis mellifera sn cp fq (Rb, Shm, WR); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus bimaculatus (WR), Bombus impatiens sn (Rb); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina dupla sn (Rb, Gr); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Synhalonia belfragii sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Nomadini): Nomada dentariae sn (Rb), Nomada luteola sn (Rb), Nomada sulphurata sn (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia bucephala sn (Rb, WR), Osmia collinsiae sn (Rb), Osmia cornifrons (WR), Osmia liganaria sn fq (Rb), Osmia pumila sn fq (Rb, Gr)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata sn (Gr), Halictus confusus sn (Rb), Halictus rubicundus sn (Rb, WR), Lasioglossum cattellae (WR), Lasioglossum obscurum (WR), Lasioglossum pilosum sn (Rb), Lasioglossum versatum sn cp (Rb, WR); Colletidae (Colletinae): Colletes inaequalis sn fq (Rb); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena carlini sn cp fq (Rb, Shm, WR), Andrena erigeniae sn (Shm), Andrena erythronii sn cp fq olg (Rb, Shm, WR), Andrena forbesii (Shm), Andrena mariae sn (Rb), Andrena nasonii (Shm), Andrena sayi sn cp (Rb), Andrena vicina sn cp (Gr)

Flies
Syrphidae: Brachypalpus oarus fp np (Rb), Eristalis dimidiata sn (Rb); Bombyliidae: Bombylius major sn (Rb); Muscidae: Neomyia cornicina fp np (Rb)

Butterflies
Pieridae: Colias philodice sn (Rb), Pieris rapae sn (Rb)

Skippers
Hesperiidae: Erynnis juvenalis sn (Rb)

Plant Bugs
Lygaeidae: Lygaeus turcicus sn np (Rb)

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