Flower-Visiting Insects
of Yellow Giant
Hyssop
Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)
(Bees suck nectar or collect pollen, Syrphid flies feed on pollen and are non-pollinating, beetle activity is unspecified, other insects suck nectar; observations are from Robertson, Tuell et al., and Williams)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Apinae): Apis mellifera sn fq (Rb, Tll); Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocallis sn cp fq (Rb), Bombus impatiens sn cp fq (Rb, Tll), Bombus pensylvanica sn cp fq (Rb), Bombus vagans sn fq (Rb); Anthophoridae (Eucerini): Melissodes bimaculata bimaculata sn (Rb)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Agapostemon splendens (Tll), Agapostemon virescens (Tll), Augochlora purus sn np (Rb), Lasioglossum admirandum (Tll), Lasioglossum imitatum cp fq np (Rb), Lasioglossum rohweri (Tll), Lasioglossum versatum cp np (Rb); Colletidae (Hylaeinae): Hylaeus mesillae (Tll)
Wasps
Sphecidae (Sphecinae): Ammophila nigricans sn (Rb)
Flies
Syrphidae: Syritta pipiens fp np (Rb), Toxomerus geminatus fp np (Rb); Bombyliidae: Exoprosopa fasciata sn (Rb)
Butterflies
Nymphalidae: Danaus plexippus sn (Rb); Pieridae: Pieris rapae sn (Rb)
Beetles
Cantharidae: Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Wms)